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Vinony

pole

noun

  1. bar made of wood or metal and normally held vertical, upon which different surveying instruments can be mounted
  2. point of intersection of a celestial body’s surface and its rotational axis
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verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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proper noun

  1. native of or inhabitant of Poland
  2. principal ethnic group of Poland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pəʊl/ / [pʰɒʊɫ] / /pɒl/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From German Pole.

  1. A person of a West Slavic ethnic group native to Central Europe, inhabiting the country of Poland.

verb

Etymology: From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

  1. To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.