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  • 91pole compass — noun : a compass raised (as on a pole) above the deck of an iron or steel ship to lessen the effect of the hull s magnetism * * * (formerly) a ship s compass elevated on a wooden pole to isolate it as much as possible from local magnetism …

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  • 92pole pitch — noun : the distance measured on the circumference of the armature from the center of one pole to the center of the next pole : 180 electrical degrees compare coil, pitch 2b(5) …

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  • 93pole strength — noun : a quantity corresponding to the amount of magnetic flux emanating from a given magnetic pole and expressed in terms of the unit magnetic pole …

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  • 94Pole of Communist Rebirth in France — The Pole of Communist Rebirth in France (PRCF) is a French political party founded in January 2004. It was a former internal tendency of the French Communist Party (PCF) and left the party, refusing the mutation engaged at the beginning of the… …

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  • 95pole compass — (formerly) a ship s compass elevated on a wooden pole to isolate it as much as possible from local magnetism. * * * …

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  • 96Pôle Nord-Palais d'Été —    Comprising the north wing of covered markets built on rue Grétry in 1873 1874, which was used for commercial purposes until 1890, the Pôle Nord was inaugurated on 25 December 1893 as a skating rink and used as such from December to March each… …

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  • 97POLE-STAR —    or POLARIS    a star in the northern hemisphere, in Ursa Minor, the nearest conspicuous one to the N. pole of the heavens, from which it is at present 1½° distant; a straight line joining the two pointers in Ursa Major passes nearly through it …

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  • 98pole position — noun the most favourable position at the start of a motor race. Origin 1950s: from a 19th cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence …

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  • 99pole of inaccessibility — Usage: often capitalized P&I : the central point of a polar region most difficult of penetration * * * pole of inaccessibility, the point on the Antarctic continent which is the geographic center, being the point farthest from the coast in every… …

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  • 100pole lamp — noun : a lamp that consists of a pole to which light fixtures are attached and that usually extends from floor to ceiling …

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