Pole or poles may refer to:

People

Poles (people) Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common History of Poland, history, Culture of Poland, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble t ...

, another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland *

Pole (surname) The surname Pole usually derives from "Pool", a person associated with a body of water. The Welsh ''de la Pole''s descended from Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn take their name from the previous association with the place Welshpool Welshpool ( ) is ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Pole (musician) Pole is the stage name of Stefan Betke (born 18 February 1967), a German electronic music artist commonly associated with the glitch genre as well as dubtronica.Cooper, SeanPole Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved 15 November 2013 History Born in ...

(Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist *

Spot Poles Spottswood Poles (December 27, 1887 – September 12, 1962) was an American outfielder in baseball's Negro leagues. One of the fastest players of his era, Poles was sometimes referred to as "the black Ty Cobb." Career According to Negro leagues ...

(Spottswood Poles, 1887–1962), American baseball player * Pole Atanraoi-Reim (fl. from 1992), a Kiribati lawyer * Pole baronets, three titles in the UK

Astronomy and geography

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. Astronomical bodies include stars, planets, dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as comets a ...

Celestial pole The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere. The north and south celestial poles appear permanently directly overhead to observers at ...

, two points where the axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere **

Orbital pole An orbital pole is either point at the ends of the orbital normal, an imaginary line segment that runs through a Focus (geometry), focus of an orbit (of a revolving body like a planet, natural satellite, moon or satellite) and is perpendicular ...

, two points at the end of the orbital normal **

North magnetic pole The north magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic north pole, is a point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the Earth's magnetic field, planet's magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic comp ...

of Earth ** South magnetic pole of Earth *

Geographical pole A geographical pole or geographic pole is either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface. The North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean while the South Pole is in Antarctica. North and South poles are also defined ...

, two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface **

North Pole The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distingu ...

South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Pole'' (album), by Pole, 2003 * ''Pole'' (Stockhausen), a 1970 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen *Pole, a character in the game ''

Yie Ar Kung-Fu () is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Konami. It first had a limited Japanese release in October 1984, before having a wide release nationwide in January 1985 and then internationally in March. Along with '' Karate Champ'' (1 ...

'' *

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.'' Appearances ''The Silver Chair'' Jill Pole first appears in ''The Silver Chair''. She and Eustace ...

, a character in C. S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' series

Places

* Pole, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland * Pole, Botswana *Poles, former name of

Hanbury Manor Hanbury Manor is a converted late-Victorian country house operated by Marriott Hotels as part of the Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & Country Club with an adjoining golf course in Thundridge, north of Ware, Hertfordshire, north of Greater London. ...

, Ware, England * Poles, a place in Highland council area, Scotland *Poles, former name of

, Ware, England

Science and technology

* Pole, or

terminal (electronics) A terminal is the point at which a electrical conductor, conductor from a electrical component, component, device or electrical network, network comes to an end. ''Terminal'' may also refer to an electrical connector at this endpoint, acting as ...

* Pole, in contact terminology of a

switch In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type o ...

Pole (unit of length) The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as feet, equal to exactly of a mile, or yards (a quarter o ...

, or perch or rod, a unit of length of various historical definitions * Pole, either end of a

magnet A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, ...

Pole (complex analysis) In complex analysis (a branch of mathematics), a pole is a certain type of singularity (mathematics), singularity of a complex-valued function of a complex number, complex variable. It is the simplest type of non-removable singularity of such a ...

, a certain type of mathematical singularity * Pole, an element of

perspective (geometry) Two figures in a plane are perspective from a point ''O'', called the center of perspectivity, if the lines joining corresponding points of the figures all meet at ''O''. Dually, the figures are said to be perspective from a line if the points ...

Pole and polar In geometry, a pole and polar are respectively a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section. Polar reciprocation in a given circle is the transformation of each point in the plane into i ...

, in geometry *

Prospective Outlook on Long-term Energy Systems Prospective Outlook on Long-term Energy Systems (POLES) is a world simulation model for the energy sector that runs on the Vensim software. It is a techno-economic model with endogenous projection of energy prices, a complete accounting of energy ...

(POLES), a world simulation model for the energy sector *

POLE (gene) DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''POLE'' gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides ...

, in humans

Objects

* pole, a kind of

stick Stick, sticks or the stick may refer to: Thin elongated objects * Twig or branch * Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking * Shepherd's crook * Shillelagh * Swagger stick * Digging stick * Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks ...

or rod (disambiguation) *

Chinese pole Chinese poles are vertical poles on which circus performers climb, slide down and hold poses. The poles are generally between in height and approximately in diameter. Some poles have a slightly larger pole that rotates around the static central ...

, a vertical pole used for acrobatics *

Flagpole A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The fla ...

Qutb The term () means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'. Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol. In Sufism, a is the perfect human being, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ('The Universal Man'), who leads ...