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| Origin: | Old English pal, from Latin palus; PALE3 |
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | polus, from Greek polos |
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1 a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something : 
a telephone pole
stick/post
Da telephone pole2SG the most northern or most southern point on a planet, especially the Earth : the distance from pole to equator
the distance from pole to equator3 two people or things that are poles apart are as different from each other as it is possible to be : Both are brilliant pianists, though they're poles apart in style.
be poles apart
Both are brilliant pianists, though they're poles apart in style.4 one of two situations, ideas, or opinions that are the complete opposite of each other
opposite ideas/beliefs
at a/one/opposite poles We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue.
We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other.Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue.5
electrical
a) HP one of two points at the ends of a magnet where its power is the strongest
b) HPE one of the two points at which wires can be attached to a battery in order to use its electricity
