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adj - having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter

adj - rounded like an egg

Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.

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Elongated at the poles

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Dec 16 2009 USA Today

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(of a spheroid) lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter.
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
Having the polar axis longer than the equatorial diameter: a prolate spheroid.
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
rounded like an egg

Prolate description
A spheroid, or ellipsoid of revolution, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. A spheroid has circular symmetry. * If the ellipse is rotated about its major axis, the result is a prolate (elongated) spheroid, shaped like an American football or rugby ball. If the ellipse is rotated about its minor axis, the result is an oblate (flattened) spheroid, shaped like a lentil. If the generating ellipse is a circle, the result is a sphere. * Because of the combined effects of gravity and rotation, the shape of the Earth, and of all planets, is not quite a sphere but instead is slightly flattened in the direction of its axis of rotation. For that reason, in cartography the Earth is often approximated by an oblate spheroid instead of a sphere. The current World Geodetic System model uses a spheroid whose radius is 6,378.137 km (3,963.191 mi) at the equator and 6,356.752 km (3,949.903 mi) at the

Prolate description

A spheroid, or ellipsoid of revolution, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. A spheroid has circular symmetry.
* If the ellipse is rotated about its major axis, the result is a prolate (elongated) spheroid, shaped like an American football or rugby ball. If the ellipse is rotated about its minor axis, the result is an oblate (flattened) spheroid, shaped like a lentil. If the generating ellipse is a circle, the result is a sphere.
* Because of the combined effects of gravity and rotation, the shape of the Earth, and of all planets, is not quite a sphere but instead is slightly flattened in the direction of its axis of rotation. For that reason, in cartography the Earth is often approximated by an oblate spheroid instead of a sphere. The current World Geodetic System model uses a spheroid whose radius is 6,378.137 km (3,963.191 mi) at the equator and 6,356.752 km (3,949.903 mi) at the

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