General

• Poles
  Poles
  thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
  
  , people originating from inbitating or inhabiting the country of Poland
• Pole (surname)
  Pole (surname)
  This surname, Pole or de la Pole, has many origins. The one of Sir William de la Pole of Hull is obscure. His father's name is not certainly known but may have been William. His mother Elena remarried John Rotenheryng. Some genealogical tables indicate Sir William was related to the old ruling...
  
  

Fictional

• Jill Pole
  Jill Pole
  Jill Pole is a major character from C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. She appears in The Silver Chair and The Last Battle.-Prior story:Very little is known about Jill's family or her life before she becomes friends with Eustace...
  
  , a fictional character from C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series
• Pole, an opponent in the video game Yie Ar Kung-Fu

Cylindrical objects

• Barber's pole
  Barber's pole
  A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes...
  
  , advertising the barber shop
• Fireman's pole, wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed between floors in fire stations
• Flagpole (structure), metal pole from which a flag is hung
• Lamppost, a raised source of light on the edge of a road
• Totem pole
  Totem pole
  Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...
  
  , monumental sculptures carved from great trees
• Utility pole
  Utility pole
  A utility pole is a pole used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as cable, fibre optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights. It can be referred to as a telephone pole, power pole, hydro pole, telegraph pole, or telegraph post,...
  
  , also called a telephone pole, telegraph pole or power pole, a pole that carries utility wires
• Poles used in sporting and other activities:
  • Dance pole, a pole used for pole dancing
  • Danish pole
    Danish pole
    A Danish pole is a circus prop, consisting of a wooden pole about 4 metres long and with a 5 cm diameter. It is fastened to a turnable base on the bottom and to a rope on top. The rope can be slackened, causing the pole to hang at an angle and permitting the artists to swing the pole around the...
    
    , a circus prop
  • Festivus
    Festivus
    Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to celebrate the holiday season without participating in its pressures and commercialism. It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, as part of...
    
     pole, a pole used in the celebration of Festivus that is traditionally made of aluminium
  • Fishing pole, tool used to catch fish
  • Foul pole, used in the sport of baseball to distinguish foul balls from fair balls hit into the outfield
  • Maypole
    Maypole
    A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, particularly on May Day, or Pentecost although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer...
    
    , a tall wooden pole with ornaments, like ribbons, that is danced around
  • Pole bending
    Pole bending
    Pole bending is timed event that features a horse and one mounted rider, running a weaving or serpentine path around six poles arranged in a line...
    
    , a rodeo event that involves riding a horse around six poles arranged in a line
  • Pole position
    Pole position
    The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she...
    
    , in motorsport, the position at the front of the grid (originally marked with a pole)
  • Pole-sitting
    Pole-sitting
    Pole-sitting is the practice of sitting on a pole for extended lengths of time, generally used as a test of endurance. A small platform is often placed at the top of the pole.- History :...
    
     pole, a pole used for pole sitting, which is the practice of sitting on a pole for extended lengths of time
  • Pole vault
    Pole vault
    Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
    
    ing pole, a pole used for pole vaulting
  • Pole weapon
    Pole weapon
    A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user's effective range. Spears, glaives, poleaxes, halberds, and bardiches are all varieties of polearms...
    
    , combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood
  • Ski pole
    Ski pole
    Ski poles are used by skiers to improve balance and timing. Early ski poles were simply sticks, then bamboo , then steel . In 1958, Ed Scott invented the aluminium ski pole...
    
    , a pole used by skiers to improve balance, speed and acceleration
  • Spinnaker pole
    Spinnaker pole
    A spinnaker pole is a spar used in sailboats to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker. However, it is also used with other sails, such as genoas and jibs, when sailing downwind with no spinnaker hoisted...
    
    , a spar used in sailboats to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker
  • Trekking pole, also called hiking sticks or hiking poles, a pole used for hiking

Geography and places

• Geographical pole
  Geographical pole
  A geographical pole is either of the two points—the north pole and the south pole—on the surface of a rotating planet where the axis of rotation meets the surface of the body...
  
  , either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins
  • North Pole
    North Pole
    The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...
    
    , the northernmost point on the surface of the Earth, where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
  • Polar circle
    Polar circle
    A polar circle is either the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle. On Earth, the Arctic Circle is located at a latitude of  N, and the Antarctic Circle is located at a latitude of  S....
    
    , either of two circles of latitude marking the extreme southerly points (northern hemisphere) or northerly points (southern hemisphere) at which the sun may remain above or below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at some point during the year
  • Polar region
    Polar region
    Earth's polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles also known as frigid zones. The North Pole and South Pole being the centers, these regions are dominated by the polar ice caps, resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctica...
    
    , the region within the polar circles, referred to as the Arctic and Antarctic
  • South Pole
    South Pole
    The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
    
    , the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth, where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
    • Ceremonial South Pole, an area set aside for photo opportunities at the South Pole Station

• Magnetic pole (disambiguation)
  • North Magnetic Pole
    North Magnetic Pole
    The Earth's North Magnetic Pole is the point on the surface of the Northern Hemisphere at which the Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards . Though geographically in the north, it is, by the direction of the magnetic field lines, physically the south pole of the Earth's magnetic field...
    
    , the shifting point on the Earth to which the "north" end of a dipole magnet points
  • South Magnetic Pole
    South Magnetic Pole
    The Earth's South Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth's surface where the geomagnetic field lines are directed vertically upwards...
    
    , the shifting point on the Earth to which the "south" end of a dipole magnet points
• Mount Everest
  Mount Everest
  Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
  
  , the third "top" of the Earth
• Pole of inaccessibility
  Pole of inaccessibility
  A pole of inaccessibility marks a location that is the most challenging to reach owing to its remoteness from geographical features that could provide access...
  
  , a location that is the most challenging to reach owing to its remoteness from geographical features which could provide access
• Pole, Lubusz Voivodeship
  Pole, Lubusz Voivodeship
  Pole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gubin, within Krosno Odrzańskie County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border...
  
   (west Poland)
• The West Pole, Texas
  The West Pole, Texas
  The West Pole is located on the 98th meridian, it is located in Bee Cave, Texas. Certified by the 79th Texas Legislature in 2007 via H.R. No. 2933. It is the location of the annual Armadillo Day celebration every Feb. 2nd...
  
  
• Hanbury Manor, Ware, Hertfordshire, formerly known as "Poles"

Fictional

• "East Pole" and "West Pole", imaginary locations; Christopher Robin tells Winnie-the-Pooh
  Winnie-the-Pooh
  Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh , and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner...
  
   that these exist as well but "people don't like talking about them"

Astronomy

• Celestial pole
  Celestial pole
  The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the imaginary rotating sphere of stars called the celestial sphere...
  
  , the projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation of other planets
• Pole star
  Pole star
  The term "Pole Star" usually refers to Polaris, which is the current northern pole star, also known as the North Star.In general, however, a pole star is a visible star, especially a prominent one, that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation; that is, a star whose apparent...
  
  , a visible star that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation
• Orbital pole
  Orbital pole
  An orbital pole is either end of an imaginary line running through the center of an orbit perpendicular to the orbital plane, projected onto the celestial sphere...
  
  , the projection of the line perpendicular to planet Earth's orbit onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the orbit of other planets
• Poles of astronomical bodies
  Poles of astronomical bodies
  The poles of astronomical bodies are determined based on their axis of rotation in relation to the celestial poles of the celestial sphere.-Geographic poles:...
  
  , concepts analogous to the Earth's geographic and magnetic poles on other planets and Solar System bodies

Science, technology, and mathematics

• One "half" of a dipole
  Dipole
  In physics, there are several kinds of dipoles:*An electric dipole is a separation of positive and negative charges. The simplest example of this is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign, separated by some distance. A permanent electric dipole is called an electret.*A...
  
  
• Pole, term used in electrical circuits used to describe switch contact variations
• Another name for the rod, a unit of length equal to 11 cubits, 5.0292 metres or 16.5 feet (originally the length of a metal rod, or pole)
• Landau pole
  Landau pole
  In physics, the Landau pole is the momentum scale at which the coupling constant of a quantum field theory becomes infinite...
  
  , the energy scale where a coupling constant of a quantum field theory becomes infinite
• Magnetic pole
  Magnetic pole
  Magnetic pole may refer to:* One of the two ends of a magnet* The magnetic poles of astronomical bodies, a special case of magnets, two special cases of which are the Geomagnetic poles:...
  
  , one of the two ends of a magnet
• Monopole (disambiguation)
  • Magnetic monopole
    Magnetic monopole
    A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle in particle physics that is a magnet with only one magnetic pole . In more technical terms, a magnetic monopole would have a net "magnetic charge". Modern interest in the concept stems from particle theories, notably the grand unified and superstring...
    
    , a hypothetical particle that may be loosely described as a magnet with only one pole
  • Monopole (mathematics)
    Monopole (mathematics)
    In mathematics, a monopole is a connection over a principal bundle G with a section of the associated adjoint bundle. The connection and Higgs field should satisfy the Bogomolnyi equation and be of finite action....
    
    , a connection over a principal bundle G with a section (the Higgs field) of the associated adjoint bundle
  • Monopole (wine)
    Monopole (wine)
    A monopole is an area controlled by a single winery and can be as small as a lieu-dit or as large as an entire appellation d'origine contrôlée, such as Bordeaux or Champagne. Frequently this is mentioned on the label and it is rare for only one winery to produce all the wine from an area...
    
    , an appellation controlled by a single winery
  • Monopole antenna
    Monopole antenna
    A monopole antenna is a class of radio antenna consisting of a straight rod-shaped conductor, often mounted perpendicularly over some type of conductive surface, called a ground plane. The driving signal from the transmitter is applied, or for receiving antennas the output voltage is taken,...
    
    , a radio antenna that replaces half of a dipole antenna with a ground plane at right-angles to the remaining half
• Mathematics
  Mathematics
  Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
  
  
  • Pole (complex analysis), a certain type of mathematical singularity
  • An element of the configuration of perspective triangles
    Perspective (geometry)
    In geometry, two triangles are perspective if, when the sides of each triangle are extended, they meet at three collinear points. The line which goes through the three points is known as the perspectrix, perspective axis, homology axis, or axis of perspectivity. The triangles are said to be...
    
    
  • Pole and polar
    Pole and polar
    In geometry, the terms pole and polar are used to describe a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section...
    
    , a point that describes the position and orientation of a line with respect to a given circle
  • Pole and polar line, a duality with respect to conics in projective geometry
• Meteorology
  Meteorology
  Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
  
  
  • Polar climate
    Polar climate
    Regions with a polar climate are characterized by a lack of warm summers . Regions with polar climate cover over 20% of the Earth. The sun shines 24 hours in the summer, and barely ever shines at all in the winter...
    
    , the climate of the polar regions, characterized by a lack of warm summers
  • Polar front
    Polar front
    In meteorology, the polar front is the boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell in each hemisphere. At this boundary a sharp gradient in temperature occurs between these two air masses, each at very different temperatures....
    
    , the boundary region between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell in each hemisphere
• Pole figure
  Pole figure
  A pole figure is a graphical representation of the orientation of objects in space. For example, pole figures in the form of stereographic projections are used to represent the orientation distribution of crystallographic lattice planes in crystallography and texture analysis in materials...
  
  , a method for representing crystal symmetry

Biology and psychology

• Anterior and posterior poles, surface vertices of the eye's lens
• Fetal pole
  Fetal pole
  The fetal pole is a thickening on the margin of the yolk sac of a fetus during pregnancy.It is usually identified at 6.5 weeks with abdominal ultrasound imaging, and 6 weeks with vaginal ultrasound imaging. However it is quite normal for the fetal pole to not be visible until about 9 weeks...
  
  , a thickening on the margin of the yolk sac of a fetus during pregnancy
• Pole of kidney
• POLE
  POLE
  DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the POLE gene.-Further reading:...
  
  , a DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit - enzyme that in humans is encoded by the POLE gene
• Cell (biology)
  Cell (biology)
  The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....
  
  , either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism. Important structures situated close to such extremities have also been regarded as poles (e.g. animal cell centrosomes).
• East Pole–West Pole Divide, an intellectual schism between researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience

Politics

• Axle
  Axle
  An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to its surroundings, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearings or bushings are provided at the mounting points where the axle...
  
  
• Polar (disambiguation)
• Polarity (disambiguation)
  Polarity (disambiguation)
  Polarity may refer to:*Chemical polarity, a concept in chemistry which describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms*Electrical polarity*Polarity , a physical alignment of atoms...
  
  
• Polarization (disambiguation)
  Polarization (disambiguation)
  Polarization or polarisation can refer to:-In the physical sciences:*Polarization , the orientation of oscillations in the plane perpendicular to a transverse wave's direction of travel which may include:...
  
  
• Pole (Venezuela) (Polo), a political party in Venezuela
• Poll (disambiguation)
• Quarterstaff
  Quarterstaff
  A quarterstaff , also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in England during the Early Modern period....
  
  
• Rod (disambiguation)
• Shaft (disambiguation)

Music

• Pole (musician)
  Pole (musician)
  Pole is the artistic name of Stefan Betke, a German electronic music artist commonly associated with the glitch genre as well as dubtronica.-History:Pole took his name from a Waldorf 4-Pole filter which he accidentally dropped and broke in 1996...
  
  , an electronica solo project by Stefan Betke
• Pole (Stockhausen)
  Pole (Stockhausen)
  Pole , for two performers with shortwave receivers and a sound projectionist, is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in 1970. It is Number 30 in the catalogue of the composer's works.-Conception:...
  
  a 1970 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen