pole Význam & definícia

Význam pole v slovenčine

• 0 a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things:

  • a telegraph/electricity pole

  • A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole.

• 1 either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the earth, around which the earth turns:

  • the North/South Pole

  • Most weather satellites are stationed over the Equator or travel over the poles.

• 2 one of the ends of a magnet (= an object that both attracts and pushes away iron and steel objects) where the magnetic force is strongest:

  • Like poles repel and unlike poles attract.

  • The lightning strike created a magnetic field, similar to that which exists between the north and south poles of a magnet.

  • A wire ran from the clock to one of the poles of the battery.

• 3 one of the two points at which a straight line through the centre of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere (= a ball-shaped object):

  • Poles and polars come in pairs.

  • In polar coordinates the origin is often called the pole.

• 4 either of two completely opposite or different opinions, positions, or qualities:

  • These two men might be thought to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology.

• 5 a person from Poland

• 6 a long, usually round, piece of wood or metal, often used to support something:

  • a telephone pole

  • a tent pole

• 7 either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the earth or another planet, around which the planet turns:

  • the North/South Pole

• 8 either of the two ends of a magnet or two parts of a battery (= device that produces electricity) which have opposite charges