pole
/poʊl/ sustantivo C2En español: polo
- 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).
- Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available. · In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.
- 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)→∞ as z→a. · The function f(z)#61;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;z-3#125; has a single pole at z#61;3.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
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This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
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