POLE
\pˈə͡ʊl], \pˈəʊl], \p_ˈəʊ_l]\
Definitions of POLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
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a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
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a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
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one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
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a linear measure of 16.5 feet
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support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"
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propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
By Princeton University
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one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
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a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
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a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles" or"they are poles apart"
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one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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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.
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To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
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To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
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To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
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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.
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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.
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The firmament; the sky.
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See Polarity, and Polar, n.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
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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.
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To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
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To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
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To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
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Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
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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.
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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.
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The firmament; the sky.
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See Polarity, and Polar, n.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A long staff; as, a flagpole; a measure equal to five and a half yards; one of the two ends of the axis of the earth; one of the two opposite points in a magnet.
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To push with a long road or staff. - Pole, a native of Poland.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That on which anything turns, as a pivot or axis: one of the ends of the axis of a sphere, esp. of the earth: (physics) one of the two points of a body in which the attractive or repulsive energy is concentrated, as a magnet.
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A pale or pile: a long piece of wood: an instrument for measuring: a measure of length, 5 1/2 yards; in square measure, 80 1/4 yards.
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A native of Poland.
By Daniel Lyons
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A long rod or shaft of wood; measure of 5½ linear yards.
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Extremity of an axis. esp. of the earth; end of a magnet.
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Polar.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An extremity of the axis of a sphere.
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One of two points, as of a magnet, at which opposite qualities are concentrated.
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One of the Slavic people inhabiting Poland.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The extremity of any axis around which a body or the forces acting on it are more or less symmetrically disposed.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, Latin] A long, slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches—often used in composition;—a measure of length of 51 yards, or a square measure of 301 square yards; a rod; a perch;—a long pole painted spirally with white and red, and used as the sign of a barber's shop.
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n. [Latin, Greek] One of the extremities of an axis on which a sphere revolves;—especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis;—a point on the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle;—a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity;—the heavens; the sky.
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n. A native or inhabitant of Poland—formerly Polander and Polack.