North Pole Definition

noun
The place where the northern rotational axis intersects the surface of a planet, moon, etc.
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The zenith of such a place; esp., the zenith (north celestial pole) of this place on earth.
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The place on earth where its northern rotational axis intersects its surface.
Webster's New World
That end of a straight magnet that points to the north when the magnet hangs free.
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pronoun

(geography) The Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole; the northernmost point on Earth, of latitude 90°.

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(geography) The Magnetic North Pole of Earth.

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adjective
Attributive form of north pole, noun.
North-pole Martians.
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Other Word Forms of North Pole

Noun

Singular:
North Pole
Plural:
north-poles

North Pole Sentence Examples

  • An expedition to the North Pole has nothing to reach unless the earth rotates.

  • The north pole of the bar-magnet will repel the north pole of the suspended needle, and there will likewise be repulsion between the two south poles.

  • In February 1773 the Royal Society submitted a proposal to the king for an expedition towards the North Pole.

  • A remarkable &c, expedition by Baron Toll in 1892 through the regions watered by the Lena, resulted in the collection of material which Afghan- will greatly help to elucidate some of the problems which beset the geological history of the world, proving inter alia the primeval existence of a boreal zone of the Jurassic sea round the North Pole.

  • The north-seeking end of a magnet is in English-speaking countries called the north pole and the other end the south pole; in France the names are interchanged.

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