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pole

2  [pohl]
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–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.
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.
—Idiom
9. poles apart or asunder, having widely divergent or completely opposite attitudes, interests, etc.: In education and background they were poles apart.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L polus < Gk pólos pivot, axis, pole
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Word Origin & History

pole  (1)
"stake," O.E. pal "stake," from P.Gmc. *pal-, from L. palus "stake" (see pale(n.)). Racing sense of "inside fence surrounding a course" is from 1851. Pole-vault is attested from 1893. To not touch (something) with a ten-foot pole is from 1903, originally 40-foot pole.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pole
Pronunciation: 'pOl
Function: noun
1 a : either of the two terminals of an electric cell, battery, generator, or motor b : one of two or more regions in a magnetized body at which the magnetic flux density is concentrated
2 : either of two morphologically or physiologically differentiatedareas at opposite ends of an axis in an organism, organ, or cell —see ANIMAL POLE, VEGETAL POLE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

poles apart

In complete opposition, as in The two brothers were poles apart in nearly all their views. This expression alludes to the two extremities of the earth's axis, the North and South poles. [Early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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