poles

/pəʊlz/ · noun

Meaning

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.
(spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
A unit of length, equal to a rod (1/4 chain or 5 1/2 yards).
Pole position.
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
To furnish with poles for support.
To convey on poles.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
To strike (the ball) very hard.
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).
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.
The firmament; the sky.
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

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