POLE

pole

(noun) a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

pole, magnetic pole

(noun) one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated

pole

(noun) a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

terminal, pole

(noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

pole

(noun) one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; “they are at opposite poles”; “they are poles apart”

pole

(noun) one of two antipodal points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects the Earth’s surface

pole, celestial pole

(noun) one of two points of intersection of the Earth’s axis and the celestial sphere

Pole

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Poland

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a square rod of land

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet

pole

(verb) deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

pole

(verb) support on poles; “pole climbing plants like beans”

punt, pole

(verb) propel with a pole; “pole barges on the river”; “We went punting in Cambridge”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pole (plural poles)

Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

(angling) A type of basic fishing rod.

A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

(slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

(historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (1/4 chain or 5-1/2 yards).

(motor racing) Pole position.

(US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A gun.

(vulgar) A penis

Synonyms

• See also stick

• (unit of length): rod

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

(transitive) To furnish with poles for support.

(transitive) To convey on poles.

(transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

(transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.

Etymology 2

Noun

pole (plural poles)

Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.

A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).

(geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

(electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.

(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function $\backslash (f(z)\backslash )$, any point $\backslash (a\backslash )$ for which $\backslash (f(z)\; \backslash rightarrow\; \backslash infty\backslash )$ as $\backslash (z\; \backslash rightarrow\; a\backslash )$.

The function $\backslash (f(z)\; =\; \backslash frac\{1\}\{z-3\}\backslash )$ has a single pole at $\backslash (z\; =\; 3\backslash )$.

(obsolete) The firmament; the sky.

Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

Antonyms

• (complex analysis): zero

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

(transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

Anagrams

• LEPO, lope, olpe, pleo-

Etymology 1

Noun

Pole (plural Poles)

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pole

A surname.

Anagrams

• LEPO, lope, olpe, pleo-

Source: Wiktionary

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Pole, n. Etym: [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.]

Definition: A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

Pole, n. Etym: [As. pal, 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 Bacon. Pole bean (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.

– Pole flounder (Zoöl.), 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. Etym: [L. polus, Gr. pôle.]

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)

Definition: 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)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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