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prolately

prolately adverb: in a prolate manner.

Adverb

prolately (not comparable)

  1. In a prolate manner
    • For the lowest resonance I obtain I#123;#92;pi#125; = #92;Omega#123;#92;pi#125; = 5/2#123;-#125; for #123;39#125;Mg which is likely to be prolately deformed, while I#123;#92;pi#125; = #92;Omega#123;#92;pi#125; = 1/2#123;#43;#125; may be assigned to the nucleus #123;21#125;C which may be oblately...2016, Ikuko Hamamoto, “Shell-structure of one-particle resonances in deformed potentials”, in arXiv

Antonyms of prolately

Origin of prolately

From prolate + -ly.

Questions about prolately

What does prolately mean?
Prolately means in a prolate manner.
What part of speech is prolately?
Prolately is an adverb.

Words near prolately in the dictionary

  1. prolate cycloid
  2. prolate cycloids
  3. prolate spheroid
  4. prolate spheroids
  5. prolated
  6. prolately
  7. prolateness
  8. prolateral
  9. prolaterally
  10. prolates
  11. prolaticity

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