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I give you the following definitions:
pole
n.
1. Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.
2. Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth's rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.
3. Physics. A magnetic pole.
4. Electricity. Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.
5. Astronomy. A celestial pole.
6. Biology.
1. Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism.
2. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.
3. The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.
7. Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions: ?the moral poles of modern medicine: on the one hand, a tinkering with procreation with at best ambiguous, at worst monstrous moral possibilities. On the other hand, scientific skill and cunning unambiguously in the service of hope? (Charles Krauthammer).
8. A fixed point of reference.
9. Mathematics. The origin in a polar coordinate system; the vertex of a polar angle.
poll
n.
1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.
4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.
5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.
6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.

AND
this thread
I give you the following definitions:
pole
n.
1. Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.
2. Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth's rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.
3. Physics. A magnetic pole.
4. Electricity. Either of two oppositely charged terminals, as in an electric cell or battery.
5. Astronomy. A celestial pole.
6. Biology.
1. Either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism.
2. Either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis.
3. The point on a nerve cell where a process originates.
7. Either of two antithetical ideas, propensities, forces, or positions: ?the moral poles of modern medicine: on the one hand, a tinkering with procreation with at best ambiguous, at worst monstrous moral possibilities. On the other hand, scientific skill and cunning unambiguously in the service of hope? (Charles Krauthammer).
8. A fixed point of reference.
9. Mathematics. The origin in a polar coordinate system; the vertex of a polar angle.
poll
n.
1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.
4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.
5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.
6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.
