Dictionary Definition
pole
Noun
1 a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or
plastic
2 a native or inhabitant of Poland
3 one of two divergent or mutually exclusive
opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles
apart"
6 one of two points of intersection of the
Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [syn: celestial
pole]
7 one of two antipodal points where the Earth's
axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
8 a contact on an electrical device (such as a
battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal]
9 a long fiberglass sports implement used for
pole vaulting
10 one of the two ends of a magnet where the
magnetism seems to be concentrated [syn: magnetic
pole]
Verb
1 propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river";
"We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt]
2 support on poles; "pole climbing plants like
beans"
3 deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a
wooden pole
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
Translations
long and slender object
- Albanian: shtagë
- Dutch: boom, paal
- Finnish: seiväs, vapa
- French: perche
- German: Stab, Stange
- Greek: κοντάρι (kontári)
- Hungarian: rúd, dorong, pálca
- Italian: palo, asta
- Malay: galah
- Polish: pręt
- Romanian: drug and
- Russian: жердь (žerd’)
- Serbian: srg, stub
- Slovene: drog, palica
- Spanish: palo, garrocha
- Swedish: stav
- Telugu: గడ కర్ర (gaDa karra)
unit of length
Noun
- An extreme point of an axis, e.g. magnetically or geographically. (North pole, South pole)
- One of two opposing forces or parts, such as on a source of electrical power. (plus minus)
Derived terms
Translations
extreme of an axis
opposing force or part
Czech
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- komutativní těleso (algebra)
Polish
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɔlɛ/
Noun
poleDerived terms
Extensive Definition
Pole may refer to:
Cylindrical object
- A solid cylindrical
object with length greater than its diameter e.g:
- Barber's pole, advertising a barber shop
- Danish pole, a circus prop
- Firemen's pole, a wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed between floors in fire stations
- Flag pole, a metal pole from which a flag is hung
- Lamppost, a raised source of light on the edge of a road
- Totem pole, monumental sculptures carved from great trees
- Utility pole, also called a telephone pole, telegraph pole or power pole, a pole that carries utility wires
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- Poles used in sporting and other activities:
- Dance pole, a pole used for pole dancing
- Festivus pole, a pole used in the celebration of Festivus that is traditionally made of aluminum
- Maypole, a tall wooden pole with ornaments, like ribbons, that is danced around
- Pole bending, a rodeo event that involves riding a horse around six poles arranged in a line
- Pole vaulting pole, a pole used for pole vaulting
- Pole-sitting pole, a pole used for pole sitting, which is the practice of sitting on a pole for extended lengths of time
- Ski pole, a pole used by skiers to improve balance, speed and acceleration
- Spinnaker pole, a spar used in sailboats to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker
- Trekking pole, also called hiking sticks or hiking poles, a pole used for hiking
- Pole position, in motorsport, the position at the front of the grid (originally marked with a pole)
- Another name for the rod, a unit of length equal to 11 cubits, 5.0292 meters or 16.5 feet (originally the length of a metal rod, or pole)
- Poles used in sporting and other activities:
Geography
- Geographical
pole, either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning
body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis
around which a body spins
- North Pole, the northernmost point on the surface of the Earth, where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- Polar circle, a circle of latitude where the sun is above and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year
- Polar climate, the climate of the polar regions, characterized by a lack of warm summers
- Polar region, the region within the polar circles, referred to as the Arctic and Antarctic
- South Pole, the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- Magnetic
pole
- North Magnetic Pole, the shifting point on the Earth to which the "north" end of a dipole magnet points
- South Magnetic Pole, the shifting point on the Earth to which the "south" end of a dipole magnet points
- Mount Everest, the third "top" of the Earth
- Pole of inaccessibility, a location that is the most challenging to reach owing to its remoteness from geographical features which could provide access
Astronomy
- Celestial pole, the projection of the Earth's axis onto the celestial sphere (or analogous concept applied to other bodies)
- Pole star, a visible star that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation
- Orbital pole
- For concepts analogous to the Earth's geographic and magnetic poles on other planets and Solar System bodies, see Poles of astronomical bodies
Science and mathematics
- One "half" of a dipole
- Pole, a term used in electrical circuits referring to switches.
- Pole (complex analysis), a certain type of mathematical singularity
- Pole and polar line, a duality with respect to conics in projective geometry
- Landau pole, the energy scale where a coupling constant of a quantum field theory becomes infinite
- Monopole
- Magnetic monopole, a hypothetical particle that may be loosely described as a magnet with only one pole
- Monopole (mathematics), a connection over a principal bundle G with a section (the Higgs field) of the associated adjoint bundle
- Monopole (wine), an appellation controlled by a single winery
- Monopole antenna, a radio antenna that replaces half of a dipole antenna with a ground plane at right-angles to the remaining half
Anatomy
- Surface vertices of the eye's lens
- Fetal pole, a thickening on the margin of the yolk sac of a fetus during pregnancy
- Pole of kidney
People
- Poles, people originating from or inhabiting the country of Poland
- Pole (musician), an electronic music artist named Stefan Betke
As a surname
- Charles Morice Pole, 1st Baronet (1757–1830), English naval officer and colonial governor
- Dick Pole (born 1950), former Major League Baseball player and current coach
- Edward Tudor-Pole (born 1955), a British singer and actor
- Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk (1471/1472 - 1513)
- George Pole, Conservative Party (UK) member and activist, Chairman of the Conservative Monday Club 1970-2
- Jill Pole, a fictional character from C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series
- John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (1462/4-1487), eldest son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth of York
- John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442-1491/2), known as the Trimming Duke, son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
- Margaret Pole (1473–1541), Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George Plantagenet (brother of Edward IV and Richard III of England)
- Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1330–1389)
- Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367–1415)
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1394–1415)
- Reginald Cardinal Pole (1500–1558), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard de la Pole (died 1525 in Milan) was a pretender to the English crown
- Wellesley Tudor Pole (1884-1964), English author
- William Pole (1814-1900), English engineer
- William de la Pole (1396-1450), English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War, later Lord Chamberlain of England
- William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington GCH PC (1763–1845), British politician and elder brother of the Duke of Wellington
Other uses
- Pole (Venezuela) (Polo), a political party in Venezuela
- Fishing Pole (fishing rod) Used in many ways, mainly to catch fish, using a hook with bait or a lure.
See also
- Axle
- Club (weapon)
- Poland
- Quarterstaff
- Rod (disambiguation)
- Shaft
- Poll (disambiguation)
pole in Catalan: Pol
pole in Czech: Pól
pole in Danish: Pol
pole in German: Pole
pole in Spanish: Polo
pole in Esperanto: Poluso
pole in French: Pôle (homonymie)
pole in Croatian: pol
pole in Ido: Polo
pole in Indonesian: Kutub
pole in Italian: Polo
pole in Hebrew: קוטב
pole in Dutch: Pool
pole in Portuguese: Pólo
pole in Russian: Столб
pole in Finnish: Napa
pole in Swedish: Polar
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
China,
Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, Maypole, N pole, North Pole,
Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, S pole, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule,
Yukon, 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, clapboard, climax, cloud nine, colonnade, colossus, column, contraposita, contrapositives,
contraries, cord, cordwood, counterpoles, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cupola, dado, 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, godforsaken place,
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, meridian, minaret, monument, mountaintop, move, 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 space, outpost, outskirts, paddle, pagoda, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, peak, pedal, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, 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, scape, scull, seventh heaven, shaft, shake, sheathing, sheathing board,
sheeting, shingle, shove, shunt, 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 Great Divide, the South Seas, the boondocks, the moon, the
sticks, the tullies, three-by-four, thrust, timber, timbering, timberwork, tip, tip-top, tongue, top, tope, totem pole, tour, tower, treadle, tree, troll, trundle, trunk, trunnion, turret, two-by-four, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, upright, utmost, vertex, very top, water tower,
weatherboard,
windmill tower, wood,
worlds apart, zenith