Pole

Pole could mean:

Geography

• Geographical pole, on the axis of a rotating body
  • North Pole, on Earth, in the Arctic
  • South Pole, on Earth, in the Antarctic
• Third Pole (Kashmir), the largest glacier outside the polar regions
• Poles, people from the country of Poland

Things

• A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g.:
  • Utility pole, such as a telephone pole or telegraph pole
  • Barber's pole, advertising a barber shop

• Poles used in sporting and other activities:
  • Spinnaker pole, used in sailing
  • The pole used for pole vaulting
  • Ski pole, used to help balance when skiing
• Pole position, in motorsport
• The contacts in a switch
• A unit of length also known as a rod
• Walking stick sometimes called a walking pole

Science and mathematics

• Magnetic pole
• One "half" of a dipole
• In the polar coordinate system, points are given by an angle and a distance from the pole, or central point equivalent to the origin in the Cartesian coordinate system

Other

• Penis (slang)

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