Pole
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Pole could mean:
Geography change
- Geographical pole, on the axis of a rotating body
- North Pole, on Earth, in the Arctic
- South Pole, on Earth, in the Antarctic
- Third Pole (Kashmir), the largest glacier outside the polar regions
- Poles, people from the country of Poland
Things change
- A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g.:
- Utility pole, such as a telephone pole or telegraph pole
- Barber's pole, advertising a barber shop
- Poles used in sporting and other activities:
- Spinnaker pole, used in sailing
- The pole used for pole vaulting
- Ski pole, used to help balance when skiing
- Pole position, in motorsport
- The contacts in a switch
- A unit of length also known as a rod
- Walking stick sometimes called a walking pole
Science and mathematics change
- Magnetic pole
- One "half" of a dipole
- In the polar coordinate system, points are given by an angle and a distance from the pole, or central point equivalent to the origin in the Cartesian coordinate system
Other change
- Penis (slang)
| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pole. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |