| inglese > italiano | |
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| pole | |
| 1. sost. palo, asta, pertica | |
| 2. sost. (astronomia) (geografia) polo | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| pole | |
| 1. subst. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. |  |
| 2. subst. (angling) A type of basic fishing rod. | |
| 3. subst. A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. | |
| 4. subst. (slang) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife. | |
| 5. subst. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards). | |
| 6. subst. (motor racing) Pole position. | |
| 7. subst. (US, rap music slang) A gun. | |
| 8. v. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. | |
| Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work. | |
| 9. v. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. | |
| He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity. | |
| 10. v. To furnish with poles for support. | |
| to pole beans or hops | |
| 11. v. To convey on poles. | |
| to pole hay into a barn | |
| 12. v. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. | |
| 13. subst. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. | |
| 14. subst. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). | |
| 15. subst. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines. | |
| 16. subst. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. | |
| 17. subst. (complex analysis) For a meromorphic functionf(z), any pointa for whichf(z) \rightarrow \infty asz \rightarrow a. | |
| The functionf(z) = \frac1z-3 has a single pole atz = 3. | |
| 18. subst. (obsolete) The firmament; the sky. | |
| 19. subst. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder. | |
| 20. v. To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| palo | |
| 1. subst. stake, pole, pile, spar | |
| 2. subst. (football) goalpost | |
| 3. subst. (heraldry) pale | |
