Definition of pole

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Pole (n.) 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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Poleless :: Poleless (a.) Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot..
Climate :: Climate (v. i.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day..
Balize :: Balize (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
Redpole :: Redpole (n.) Same as Redpoll.
Jalons :: "Jalons (n. pl.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals..
Antipole :: Antipole (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place..
Polestar :: Polestar (n.) A guide or director.
Rantipole :: Rantipole (v. i.) To act like a rantipole.
Imp-pole :: Imp-pole (n.) A pole for supporting a scaffold.
Electro-negative :: Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other..
Serpolet :: Serpolet (n.) Wild thyme.
Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion..
Australize :: Australize (v. i.) To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet..
Prolate :: Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate..
Zincous :: Zincous (a.) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.
Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..
Polary :: Polary (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.
Poling :: Poling (n.) The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
Pole :: Pole (n.) 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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