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Pole

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What's The Definition Of Pole?
[n] a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
[n] one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated [n] a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting [n] a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [n] one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles" or"they are poles apart" [n] one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface [n] one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [n] a native or inhabitant of Poland [n] a square rod of land [n] (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet [v] deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole [v] support on poles, of climbing plants, such as beans [v] propel with a pole; of barges on rivers, for example Synonyms | Synonyms for Pole: celestial pole | magnetic pole | perch | punt | rod | terminal Related Terms | Find terms related to Pole: acme | advance | all over | antenna tower | antipodal points | antipodes | antipoints | antipoles | apex | apogee | arbor | at odds | at opposite extremes | axis | axle | axle bar | axle shaft | axle spindle | axle-tree | baluster | balustrade | banister | bar | barbican | bare pole | base | beam | beanpole | belfry | bell tower | billet | bitter end | black and white | board | boarding | bottom dollar | boundary | bowl | brow | bunt | butt | butt end | campanile | cap | caryatid | China | clapboard | climax | cloud nine | colonnade | colossus | column | contraposita | contrapositives | contraries | cord | cordwood | counterpoles | crest | crown | culmen | culmination | cupola | dado | Darkest Africa | deal | derrick | die | distaff | dome | driftwood | drive | edge | end | everywhere | extreme | extreme limit | extremity | fag end | far and wide | farthest bound | fire tower | firewood | flagstaff | footstalk | forward | frontier | fulcrum | gimbal | God knows where | godforsaken place | Greenland | gudgeon | hardwood | heaven | heavens | height | high and low | high noon | highest pitch | highest point | hinge | hingle | hub | impel | irreconcilable | jack | jumping-off place | lantern | lath | lathing | lathwork | lighthouse | limit | log | lumber | magnetic axis | magnetic pole | mandrel | martello | martello tower | mast | maximum | Maypole | meridian | minaret | monument | mountaintop | move | N pole | nave | ne plus ultra | negative pole | newel-post | nib | night and day | no place higher | noon | North Pole | nowhere | oar | oarlock | obelisk | observation tower | opposite poles | opposites | outback | Outer Mongolia | outer space | outpost | outskirts | paddle | Pago Pago | pagoda | panelboard | paneling | panelwork | peak | pedal | pedestal | pedicel | peduncle | pier | pilaster | pile | piling | pillar | Pillars of Hercules | pin | pinnacle | pintle | pitch | pivot | plank | planking | plinth | plyboard | plywood | point | polar opposites | polarity | polarization | poles | poles apart | positive pole | post | propel | puncheon | push | pylon | pyramid | queen-post | radiant | ridge | rod | roll | row | rowlock | S pole | scape | scull | seventh heaven | shaft | shake | sheathing | sheathing board | sheeting | shingle | shove | shunt | Siberia | sideboard | siding | sky | skyscraper | slab | slat | socle | softwood | South Pole | spar | spindle | spire | splat | staff | stalk | stanchion | stand | standard | standpipe | stave | steeple | steering oar | stem | stick | stick of wood | stovewood | stub | stump | stupa | subbase | summit | surbase | sweep | sweep along | swivel | tag | tag end | tail | tail end | television mast | the boondocks | the Great Divide | the moon | the South Seas | the sticks | the tullies | three-by-four | thrust | Thule | Tierra del Fuego | timber | timbering | timberwork | Timbuktu | tip | tip-top | tongue | top | tope | totem pole | tour | tower | treadle | tree | troll | trundle | trunk | trunnion | turret | two-by-four | Ultima Thule | upmost | upper extremity | uppermost | upright | utmost | vertex | very top | water tower | weatherboard | windmill tower | wood | worlds apart | Yukon | zenith See Also | anode | area unit | barge pole | battery | boom | caber | celestial point | contact | deoxidise | deoxidize | electric battery | electrical device | end | European | force | furlong | geographic point | geographical point | hold | hold up | impel | linear unit | magnet | mast | microphone boom | negative magnetic pole | negative pole | north celestial pole | North Pole | north-seeking pole | opinion | pace | persuasion | polack | Poland | Polska | positive magnetic pole | positive pole | propel | push | reduce | Republic of Poland | rod | sentiment | ski pole | south celestial pole | South Pole | south-seeking pole | spar | sports implement | square measure | stilt | support | sustain | tangency | thought | view | yard Pole In Webster's Dictionary \Pole\, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.]
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
\Pole\, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. --Bacon. {Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean. {Pole flounder} (Zo["o]l.), a large deep-water flounder ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}. {Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above. {Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or from a single tree. {Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis meets the surface. {Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall. \Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poling}.] 1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. 2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. 3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. 4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. \Pole\, n. [L. polus, Gr. ? a pivot or hinge on which anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to ? to move: cf. F. p[^o]le.] 1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole. 2. (Spherics) 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. 3. (Physics) 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. 4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic] Shoots against the dusky pole. --Milton. 5. (Geom.) See {Polarity}, and {Polar}, n. {Magnetic pole}. See under {Magnetic}. {Poles of the earth}, or {Terrestrial poles} (Geog.), the two opposite points on the earth's surface through which its axis passes. {Poles of the heavens}, or {Celestial poles}, the two opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide with the earth's axis produced, and about which the heavens appear to revolve. |
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