pole

noun

Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.

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Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth’s rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.

noun

Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.

noun

Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism.

noun

Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.

noun

The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.

noun

Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions.