What's the difference between pole and prolate?

Pole


Definition:

  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
  • (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
  • (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
  • (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
  • (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
  • (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
  • (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
  • (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
  • (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
  • (n.) The firmament; the sky.
  • (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two small populations of GLY + neurons were observed outside of the named nuclei of the SOC; one was located dorsal to the LSO, near its dorsal hilus, and the other was identified near the medial pole of the LSO.
  • (2) In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye.
  • (3) Delineation of the presence and anatomy of an obstructed, nonfunctioning upper-pole duplex system often requires multiple imaging techniques.
  • (4) David Blunkett, not Straw, was the home secretary at the time the decision was taken to allow Poles and others immediate access to the British labour market.
  • (5) PYY-containing secretory granules were primarily found in the basal pole of open-type endocrine cells.
  • (6) Were he from Iceland, or from the north pole, then I would say he still had his ski boots on.
  • (7) A 40 year old female presented with secondary glaucoma and loss of vision due to anterior pole metastasis of breast carcinoma.
  • (8) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
  • (9) Two of them, the radiocapitate and deep radioscapholunate, insert on the scaphoid, whereas the collateral ligament courses to the distal pole of the scaphoid.
  • (10) Thus, the present observations provide histochemical evidence indicating an exclusive localization of calcium in mitochondria and tubulovesicular structures of the secretory ameloblast, and support their contributions to the translocation of calcium from the proximal to the distal pole of the cytoplasm.
  • (11) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
  • (12) The retinal findings are quite similar to those found in diabetic retinopathy, except for unilaterality corresponding to the more obstructed artery and early onset in the retinal midzone rather than the posterior pole.
  • (13) Less marked lesions were however observed in distal tubules, particularly large vacuoles were present at the apical poles of the tubule cells, the sites of kallikrein secretion.
  • (14) The testicular vein--midway between the internal inguinal ring and the lower pole of the kidney--divides into the medial and lateral branch to form a delta.
  • (15) Probably there is a continuity of this system throughout the entire vascular pole including (1) all granulated cells, (2) all lacis cells, (3) the mesangium cells and (4) the adjacent smooth muscle cells of the vas afferens and vas efferens.
  • (16) In all of the old rats, but not in any of the young ones, symmetric high voltage activity was observed in the frontal pole of the cortex.
  • (17) Later, these vacuoles were divided into numerous vesicular spiral formation-centers, producing micronemes at the apical pole of young merozoites.
  • (18) Therefore, this nonrandom segregation to opposite poles can occur by mechanisms that do not involve DNA sequence homology.
  • (19) The intranuclear spindle of yeast has an electron-opaque body at each pole.
  • (20) All of these AChE positive fibers appeared to be related to the medial portions of the dorsal hippocampus from its septal pole to the dorsal psalterium.

Prolate


Definition:

  • (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
  • (v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The uterine volume was measured in 30 patients 24 hours before hysterectomy by ultrasonography using the prolate ellipsoid formula.
  • (2) Native human Glu-plasminogen (Glu1-Asn791) was previously shown to have a radius of gyration of 39 A and a shape best described by a prolate ellipsoid [Mangel, W. F., Lin, B., & Ramakrishnan, V. (1990) Science 248, 69-73].
  • (3) Uterine volume, based on the ultrasound data, was calculated, utilizing the formula for a prolate ellipsoid, before and after treatment.
  • (4) Three commonly used prostate volume measurement techniques were analyzed: planimetry, prolate ellipse volume calculation (HWL), and an ellipsoid volume measurement technique.
  • (5) The left ventricle was modeled as a three-dimensional, prolate ellipsoidal shell.
  • (6) Several previous studies had indicated that S1 is a highly extended protein which can be modeled by a prolate ellipsoid with an axial ratio of 10 to 1.
  • (7) The length-to-width ratios of bacteriophage T2 and T4 heads and stereometric angles specifying the prolate icosahedral T2 capsid were evaluated on electron micrographs recorded from samples prepared by a variety of methods.
  • (8) The frictional ratio (2.14) is consistent with a prolate ellipsoid of axial ratio 24, corresponding to an apparent length and width of 516 and 21.5 A, respectively.
  • (9) The mutations of the three core genes (genes 67, 68, and 22) affect the width mainly by lateral outgrowths of the prolate particle, although small and large isometric particles are also found.
  • (10) This feature may be important in morphogenesis since the mean volume of prolate vesicles is larger than that of spherical vesicles.
  • (11) Assuming constancy of surface area and approximating red cell shapes by both prolate and oblate ellipsoids of revolution, values are determined for cell shape factor and volume under a variety of conditions.
  • (12) Consequently, more adsorption occurred at larger surface hydrophobicities, smaller size molecules, and for prolate orientation of ellipsoidal molecules.
  • (13) It had a prolate head and non-contractile tail and produced large haloes around plaques.
  • (14) In addition, although phase microscopic image analysis revealed that virtually all of the cells displayed a squamous morphology within 1 hour after exposure to FBS or TGF-beta 1, observations made 48 to 72 hours later showed the presence of clusters of small prolate spheroid-shaped cells surrounded by many involucrin-positive squamous-appearing cells.
  • (15) The paper explains how the formulas for calculating the surface area of the prolate spheroid, which a nucleus resembles, can be changed by suitable substitutions into formulas based on measured diameters l and k [mm] of the nucleus approach side surface, magnified 3.000 times, and on a mixed cyclometric function dependent on the axial ratio.
  • (16) Because high solvent content and weak diffraction are indicative of an extended flexible structure, we examined the molecular shape of the recombinant CD4 with ultracentrifugation and found that it has an axial ratio of roughly 6, when modeled as a prolate ellipsoid.
  • (17) The octamer is a prolate ellipsoid 110 angstroms long and 65 to 70 angstroms in diameter, and its general shape is that of a rugby ball.
  • (18) This area is about twice that calculated from a prolate ellipsoid model for prothrombin.
  • (19) Very simple formulas are deduced for the NSAR of a prolate spheroid or cylinder with R greater than 6.
  • (20) Vt is analogous to the equilibrium volume (V0), determined as the volume intercept of the logarithmic passive pressure-volume (P-V) relationship using LV volume estimated from LV weights (V0 nl = 37.6 + 4.4 ml), or the volume intercept of the linearized P-V relationship calculated from a prolate spheroidal model using measured minor and major diameters (V0 l = 44.5 + 3.5 ml).