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pole

1   [pohl] noun, verb, poled, pol·ing.
noun
1.
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole.
2.
Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it.
3.
Nautical.
a.
a light spar.
b.
that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
4.
the lane of a racetrack nearest to the infield; the inside lane. Compare post1 (def. 5).
5.
a unit of length equal to 161/2 feet (5 meters); a rod.
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6.
a square rod, 301/4 square yards (25.3 sq. m).
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verb (used with object)
7.
to furnish with poles.
8.
to push, strike, or propel with a pole: to pole a raft.
9.
Baseball. to make (an extra-base hit) by batting the ball hard and far: He poled a triple to deep right-center.
10.
Metallurgy. to stir (molten metal, as copper, tin, or zinc) with poles of green wood so as to produce carbon, which reacts with the oxygen present to effect deoxidation.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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verb (used without object)
11.
to propel a boat, raft, etc., with a pole: to pole down the river.
Idiom
12.
under bare poles,
a.
Nautical. (of a sailing ship) with no sails set, as during a violent storm.
b.
stripped; naked; destitute: The thugs robbed him and left him under bare poles.
Origin:
before 1050; Middle English; Old English pāl < Latin pālus stake. See pale2

Related forms
pole·less, adjective
un·poled, adjective
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pole

2   [pohl]
noun
1.
each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
2.
Astronomy. celestial pole.
3.
one of two opposite or contrasted principles or tendencies: His behavior ranges between the poles of restraint and abandon.
4.
a point of concentration of interest, attention, etc.: The beautiful actress was the pole of everyone's curiosity.
5.
Electricity, Magnetism. either of the two regions or parts of an electric battery, magnet, or the like, that exhibits electrical or magnetic polarity.
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6.
Cell Biology.
a.
either end of an ideal axis in a nucleus, cell, or ovum, about which parts are more or less symmetrically arranged.
b.
either end of a spindle-shaped figure formed in a cell during mitosis.
c.
the place at which a cell extension or process begins, as a nerve cell axon or a flagellum.
7.
Mathematics.
a.
a singular point at which a given function of a complex variable can be expanded in a Laurent series beginning with a specified finite, negative power of the variable.
b.
origin (def. 6b).
8.
Crystallography. a line perpendicular to a crystal face and passing through the crystal center.
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Idiom
9.
poles apart/asunder, having widely divergent or completely opposite attitudes, interests, etc.: In education and background they were poles apart.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin polus < Greek pólos pivot, axis, pole

Pole

   [pohl]
noun
a native or inhabitant of Poland.

Pole

   [pohl]
noun
Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
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Pole
"inhabitant or native of Poland," 1650s, from Ger. Pole, sing. of Polen, from Pol. Poljane, lit. "field-dwellers," from pole "field," from PIE base *pele- "flat, plain" (see plane (1)).
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Medical Dictionary

pole (pōl)
n.

  1. Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.

  2. Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.

  3. Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell.

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Science Dictionary
pole   (pōl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Mathematics

    1. Either of the points at which an axis that passes through the center of a sphere intersects the surface of the sphere.

    2. The fixed point used as a reference in a system of polar coordinates. It corresponds to the origin in the Cartesian coordinate system.

    3. Geography Either of the points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface; the North Pole or South Pole.

    4. Either of the two similar points on another planet.

    5. Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.

    6. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

    1. Geography Either of the points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface; the North Pole or South Pole.

    2. Either of the two similar points on another planet.

    3. Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.

    4. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

  3. Physics A magnetic pole.

  4. Electricity Either of two oppositely charged terminals, such as the two electrodes of an electrolytic cell or the electric terminals of a battery.

  5. Biology

    1. Either of the two points at the extremities of the axis of an organ or body.

    2. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.


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