Definición de pole
Formas de la palabra: plural poles
1. sustantivo contable
A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things.
2. sustantivo contable
The earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points.
3. See also North Pole, South Pole
4. sustantivo contable
The two poles of a range of qualities, opinions, or beliefs are the completely opposite qualities,
opinions, or beliefs at either end of the range.
5.
See poles apart
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pole
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
pole in British English 1
sustantivo
1.
a long slender usually round piece of wood, metal, or other material
3. another name for rod (sense 7)
4. horse racing, mainly US and Canadian
a.
b.
(as modifier)
the pole position
6. See under bare poles
7. See up the pole
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Origen de la palabra pole
Old English pāl, from Latin pālus a stake, prop; see pale2Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
pole in British English 2
sustantivo
1. See also North Pole, South Pole
3. physics
a.
either of the two regions at the extremities of a magnet to which the lines of force converge or from which they diverge
5. biology
7.
either of two mutually exclusive or opposite actions, opinions, etc
9.
any fixed point of reference
11. See from pole to pole
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Origen de la palabra pole
C14: from Latin polus end of an axis, from Greek polos pivot, axis, pole; related to Greek kuklos circle
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
Pole in British English 2
sustantivo
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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
pole in American English 1
sustantivo
1.
a long, slender piece of wood, metal, etc. usually rounded
a tent pole, flagpole, fishing pole
2.
3.
verbo transitivo, verbo intransitivoFormas de la palabra: poled or ˈpoling
6.
to manipulate, impel, support, etc. with or as with a pole
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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
pole in American English 2
sustantivo
1.
either end of any axis, as of the earth, of the celestial sphere, of a mitotic spindle during cell division, etc.
2.
the region around the North Pole or that around the South Pole
3.
either of two opposed or differentiated forces, parts, or principles, such as the ends of a magnet, the terminals of a battery,
motor, or dynamo, or two extremes of opinion, etc.
4. Embryology
5. Ancient Mathematics
a point or points with characteristic properties, as the point of origin of polar
coordinates
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Origen de la palabra pole
ME < L polus, pole of the heavens, heavens < Gr polos, axis of the sphere, firmament < pelein, to be in motion < IE base *kwel-, to turn > wheelEjemplos de frases que contienen
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Inglés británico: pole
/pəʊl/ NOUN
A pole is a long, thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things.
...a 40-foot telephone pole.
- Inglés americano: pole /ˈpoʊl/
- Árabe: عَمُود
- Portugués brasileño: mastro
- Chino: 杆
- Croata: motka
- Checo: tyč
- Danés: pæl
- Holandés: paal
- Español europeo: poste
- Finlandés: seiväs
- Francés: étai
- Alemán: Stange
- Griego: πάσσαλος
- Italiano: polo
- Japonés: 棒
- Coreano: 장대
- Noruego: stolpe
- Polaco: drąg
- Portugués: mastro
- Rumano: stâlp
- Ruso: шест
- Español: poste
- Sueco: stolpe
- Tailandés: เสา
- Turco: direk elektrik, telgraf
- Ucraniano: жердина
- Vietnamita: cọc
- Inglés americano: Pole /ˈpoʊl/
- Árabe: بُولَنْدِيّ
- Portugués brasileño: polonês
- Chino: 波兰人
- Croata: Poljak
- Checo: Polák
- Danés: polak
- Holandés: Pool
- Español europeo: polaco
- Finlandés: puolalainen henkilö
- Francés: Polonais
- Alemán: Pole
- Griego: Πόλος
- Italiano: Polo
- Japonés: ポーランド人
- Coreano: 폴란드 사람
- Noruego: polakk
- Polaco: Polak
- Portugués: polaco
- Rumano: polonez
- Ruso: поляк
- Español: polaco
- Sueco: polack
- Tailandés: ชาวโปแลนด์
- Turco: Kutup
- Ucraniano: поляк
- Vietnamita: người Ba Lan
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palate o palette o pallet?
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palette
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Smooth the top using a knife.
shaken o shook?
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shook
shaken
The nurse the thermometer and put it under my arm.
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begun
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He has just his fourth year at university.
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