■ adjective
1》 relating to a pole or poles, in particular the North or South Pole or their adjacent area.
2》 Physics & Chemistry having an electrical or magnetic field.
3》 directly opposite in character or tendency: ~ opposites.
■ noun Geometry the straight line joining the two points at which tangents from a fixed point touch a conic section.
Origin
C16: from med. L. ~is 'heavenly', from L. polus (see pole 2 ).