A Quick and Simple Dictionary

Pole

1. Noun.  A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
2. Noun.  Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
3. Noun.  (context, angling) A type of basic fishing rod.
4. Noun.  A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting.
5. Noun.  (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
6. Noun.  (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
7. Verb.  To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
8. Verb.  To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
9. Noun.  Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
10. Noun.  A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
11. Noun.  (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
12. Noun.  (context, electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
13. Noun.  (context, complex analysis) (rfc-sense) One of a set of isolated points ''a'' for which the meromorphic function $f(z)$ approaches infinity as ''z'' approaches ''a'', such that $f(z)$ is holomorphic on all points except its poles.