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north pole

  1. the place where the northern rotational axis intersects the surface of a planet, moon, etc.
  2. the zenith of such a place; esp., the zenith (north celestial pole) of this place on the earth
  3. that end of a straight magnet that points to the north when the magnet hangs free
  4. the place on the earth where its northern rotational axis intersects its surface
    in full North Terrestrial Pole: see latitude,

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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