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pole1
/ pōl/
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n.
a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something:
a tent pole.
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Track & Field
a long, slender, flexible rod of wood or fiberglass used by a competitor in pole-vaulting.
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short for ski pole.
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a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars.
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a simple fishing rod.
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v. [tr.]
propel (a boat) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake.
PHRASES:
under bare poles Sailing
with no sail set.
pole2
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n.
either of the two locations (
North Pole or
South Pole) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object) that are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation. See also celestial pole, magnetic pole.
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Geom.
either of the two points at which the axis of a sphere intersects its surface.
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Geom.
a fixed point to which other points or lines are referred, e.g., the origin of polar coordinates or the point of which a line or curve is a polar.
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Biol.
an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part.
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each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest.
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each of two terminals (positive and negative) of an electric cell, battery, or machine.
∎ fig.
one of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas:
Miriam and Rebecca represent two poles in the argument about transracial adoption.
PHRASES:
be poles apart
have nothing in common.DERIVATIVES:
pole·ward
/ -wərd/ adj.
pole·wards
/ -wərdz/ adj. & adv.
pole3
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n.
short for pole position.
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Poles apart ; Some communities worry about danger, blight posed by long-term use of makeshift double utility poles
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/11/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Caulfield, double utility poles are the weeds in his garden...company attaches a new pole to an existing one in...replacement, double utility poles are prevalent in many...about 27,000 double poles statewide. Pole owners NStar, National...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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POLES HAVE UPRIGHT SITE IN HISTORY.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/20/1989; 700+ words
; ...million telephone poles statewide. Fact: The first utility pole order was placed by...attacks telephone poles. Without treatment, the life of a pole in New York state...become a telephone pole. All poles that NiMo buys must...
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Striding with poles: research shows the new method of exercise beats walking by a mile.
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...fitness from their pole running workouts. But the poles failed to catch...the claims about pole walking's beneficial...Women using walking poles for 12 weeks in...consumption using walking poles. However, Rutlin...believes most walking-pole users can do better...
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Wood pole alternative design challenge: it's the kind of challenge that will completely change the way students see such a commonplace piece of engineering.(Classroom Challenge)
Magazine article from: The Technology Teacher; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...changes to traditional pole technology by substituting new types of poles should be economically better than the existing pole technology or promise...and disposal costs for poles is creeping into the financial equation for pole budgets at companies...
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 "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)")
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Pole dancing for exercise is heating up: Walnut Creek resident opens her own studio in Lafayette to get in on the up-and-coming fitness trend.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA); 3/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...Before long, she bought her own pole and started thinking about teaching...anything else," she said. "The poles only cost $250." Durable...hold more than 200 pounds, the poles are also removable. If the...That won't change, but pole dancing might go the way of...
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 "Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)")
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Dance pole gains popularity in fitness routine.
Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); 8/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...dancing and also sells dance poles for the home. Owning a pole is a great way to work fitness...for women." Purchasing a pole Most dance poles sold for home use are removable...ceiling plate to keep the pole in place. Some poles use ceiling brackets attached...
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Pole figure inversion using finite elements over Rodrigues space.
Magazine article from: Texture, Stress, and Microstructure; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...parameters can be determined from pole data. Ideally, the greater the amount of pole figure data, the better the...materials, the number of useful poles is quite limited, so precision...exists antipodal symmetry in the pole figure data. This indeterminacy...
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Reginald Pole: Prince & Prophet. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Thomas F. Mayer. Reginald Pole: Prince & Prophet. New York...both Henry VIII and Paul IV, Reginald Pole was a retiring figure who felt more at...the reform and unity of the church, Pole holds a place among the extraordinary...
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Pole-sitters get shafted.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 6/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...additional points under such a pole point-reward. Gordon has won six poles in 2007, including four straight...week after winning his fourth pole of the season and 41st of his...in a row, instead of three poles," said Newman, who earned...
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 "Doings, The (Clarendon Hills, IL)")
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Peace poles send message of hope from school lawns and church gardens
Newspaper article from: Doings, The (Clarendon Hills, IL); 9/20/2007; ; 683 words
; ...of hope. Moffat said the first peace pole went up in Japan in 1955. Since then, hundreds of thousands of peace poles have been dedicated in hundreds of countries...Peace poles can be found on the North Pole, at the pyramids in Egypt, at the...
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Poles, Magnetic and Geographiac
Book article from: Mathematics
...Other interesting north poles include the instantaneous north pole, the north pole of...locating these various poles. Polar Exploration The north geographic pole lies in the Arctic...the north magnetic pole. Other Poles Earth rotates on its...
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pole
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...a boat) by pushing a pole against the bottom of...PHRASES: under bare poles Sailing with no sail set. pole 2 • n. either...adoption. PHRASES: be poles apart have nothing in common. DERIVATIVES: pole·ward / -w...
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Poles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Poles ETHNONYM: Polak (fem. Polka, pl. Polacy) Orientation Identification. The Poles are a Western Slavic people who, for hundreds...western part of the former Soviet Union. The Poles became incorporated into Russia, and later...
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Geographic and Magnetic Poles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...needle would point straight up or pole. The magnetic poles are not stationary. The north magnetic pole migrates about 6 mi (10 km...difference between the geographic poles and their corresponding magnetic pole are expressed as magnetic declination...
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Liberty Poles
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
LIBERTY POLES LIBERTY POLES. Soon after the appearance of William...print of John Wilkes holding a liberty pole topped with a liberty cap, American...views of political liberty. Liberty poles with various banners were raised in numerous...
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