n 1 a  :  either of the two terminals of an electric cell, battery, generator, or motor  b  :  one of two or more regions in a magnetized body at which the magnetic flux density is concentrated  2  :  either of two morphologically or physiologically differentiated areas at opposite ends of an axis in an organism, organ, or cell - see ANIMAL POLE VEGETAL POLE  .
 
 
 
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