Pole (disambiguation)

The noun pole and adjective polar may refer to multiple things.

• A pole is a long and straight stick, usually vertical or intended to be used vertically. See barber, pole vault, pole (object).

• A magnetic pole is one end of a magnet.
• In chemistry, a polar molecule is one that has concentrations of electric charge, see polar molecule.
• The geographical poles of the Earth, or other planet, are the points where its axis of rotation passes through its surface. See also: North Pole, South Pole, polar region.
• The pole of inaccessibility.
• The celestial poles are the ends of the celestial sphere.
• In mathematics:
  • In complex analysis, a pole of a function is a certain simple type of singularity. See pole (complex analysis).
  • Polar coordinates are a way of describing the location of any point in space.
• In crystallography, a pole is a line perpendicular to a crystal face that is used to plot that face on a stereographic net. This allows the 3D aspect of the face to be plotted in 2 dimensions.
• In structural geology, a pole is a line perpendicular to a structural surface (e.g. bedding plane, fault plane, foliation surface), that is used to plot that surface on a stereographic net. This allows the 3D aspect of the surface to be plotted in 2 dimensions.
• A Pole is a member of a Slavic ethnic group from Poland.

• A pole is also a unit of length, also called a rod or a perch, equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet (5.029 meters in SI units).
• In auto racing, the pole position is the first (i.e., fastest) pre-race qualifying position.
• Reginald Cardinal Pole was a 16th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and Roman Catholic cardinal
• Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan beer company.
• The Polar climate is found in the upper latitudes.