pole

pole definitions

• A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife. 

• Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. 

• A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage. 

• A gun. 

• Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder. 

• A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). 

• A fixed point relative to other points or lines. 

• Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. 

• 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. 

• Pole position. 

• For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a. 

• A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards). 

• A penis. 

• A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. 

• To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. 

• To furnish with poles for support. 

• To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. 

• To convey on poles. 

• To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. 

• To strike (the ball) very hard. 

• To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.