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Definition pole
Etymology 1
From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English p?l (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-Germanic *palaz, *p?laz (“pole”), from Latin p?lus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”) from Old Latin *paglus, from Proto-Indo-European *p??e- (“to nail, fasten”).
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.
- (fishing) 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 perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
- (motor racing) Pole position.
- (US, rap music, slang) A gun.
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.
Etymology 2
From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek ????? (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
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 , any point for which as .
- (obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
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.
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