prolately

English

Etymology

prolate +‎ -ly

Adverb

prolately (not comparable)

1. In a prolate manner
   • 2016, Ikuko Hamamoto, “Shell-structure of one-particle resonances in deformed potentials”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     For the lowest resonance I obtain $I^{\pi }$ = $\Omega ^{\pi }$ = 5/2$^{-}$ for $^{39}$Mg which is likely to be prolately deformed, while $I^{\pi }$ = $\Omega ^{\pi }$ = 1/2$^{+}$ may be assigned to the nucleus $^{21}$C which may be oblately deformed.

Antonyms

• oblately