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| pole |
| 1. Substantivo. (Automobilismo) pole |
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| pole |
| 1. n. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. |
| 2. n. (angling) A type of basic fishing rod. |
| 3. n. 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. n. (slang) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife. |
| 5. n. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards). |
| 6. n. (motor racing) Pole position. |
| 7. n. (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. n. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. |
| 14. n. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). |
| 15. n. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines. |
| 16. n. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. |
| 17. n. (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. n. (obsolete) The firmament; the sky. |
| 19. n. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder. |
| 20. v. To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles. |
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| poste |
| 1. n-m. a large post, such as a lamppost or utility pole |
| 2. n-m. (sports) goalpost (one of the two vertical side poles of a goal) |
| 3. n-m. (basketball) center (player who plays closest to the basket) |
| 4. v. verb form of postar |
