pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊl/
ipa: [pʰɒʊɫ]
note: doll–dole merger
ipa: /pɒl/
note: doll–dole merger
ipa: [pʰɒɫ]
ipa: /poʊl/
ipa: [pʰoʊɫ]
ipa: /pəʉl/
ipa: [pʰəʉɫ]
ipa: [pʰɐʉɫ]
ipa: /pɐʉl/
ipa: [pʰɐʉɫ]
ipa: /pol/
ipa: [pʰoɫ]
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: Pole
homophone: poll (one pronunciation or with the doll–dole merger)
Forms: form: poles
Etymology: From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Senses: glosses: Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
glosses: A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
examples: text: In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.
glosses: Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
examples: text: The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3.
topics: complex-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
examples: text: And the slope sun his upward beam / Shoots against the dusky pole,
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: The firmament; the sky.
glosses: Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: analogous pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: animal pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: antipole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: celestial pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: cross-pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: dipole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: Earth's third pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: hexadecapole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: hexapole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: interpole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: magnetic pole
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word: monopole
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word: multipole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: north pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: north-seeking pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: N-pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: octupole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: polar
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: polarity
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: pole arctic
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: pole face
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: pole of cold
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: poles apart
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: polestar
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: pole star
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: quadrupole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: salient pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: shaded pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: south pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: south-seeking pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: S-pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: tripole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: vegetal pole
sense: Terms derived from pole (Etymology 2)
word: Voronoi pole