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south pole definition

south pole

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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