Pole

  • 71POLE — Polymerase (DNA directed), epsilon, also known as POLE, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: POLE polymerase (DNA directed), epsilon| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=5426|… …

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  • 72pole — 1. One of the two points at the extremities of the axis of any organ or body. 2. Either of the two points on a sphere at the greatest distance from the equator. 3. One of the two points in a magnet or an electric battery or cell having extremes… …

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  • 73pole — There are two separate words pole in English. Pole ‘long thin piece of wood’ [OE] comes from a pre historic Germanic *pāl (source also of German pfahl, Dutch paal, and Swedish påla). This was borrowed from Latin pālus ‘stake’, from which English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 74pole — There are two separate words pole in English. Pole ‘long thin piece of wood’ [OE] comes from a pre historic Germanic *pāl (source also of German pfahl, Dutch paal, and Swedish påla). This was borrowed from Latin pālus ‘stake’, from which English… …

    Word origins

  • 75pole — Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 76Pole — I. noun Etymology: German, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish Polak Pole, Polska Poland, pole field Date: 1535 1. a native or inhabitant of Poland 2. a person of Polish descent II. biographical name Reginald 1500 1558 English cardinal; archbishop… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 77pole — pəʊl n. axis point of a sphere; one item from a pair of oppositions; rod, staff; long staff on which a flag is raised, flag pole v. move a boat by using pole …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 78pole — I noun gulls like to perch atop the poles Syn: post, pillar; telephone pole, utility pole; stanchion, paling, stake, stick, support, prop, batten, bar, rail, rod, beam; staff, stave, cane, baton …

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  • 79Pole — UK [pəʊl] / US [poʊl] noun [countable] Word forms Pole : singular Pole plural Poles someone from Poland …

    English dictionary

  • 80pole*/ — [pəʊl] noun [C] 1) a long thin stick, often used for holding or supporting something There were rows of poles supporting young bean plants.[/ex] 2) one of the points on the very top or bottom of the Earth, called the North Pole and the South Pole …

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