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/pˈɑzətɪv poʊl/ Listen

Positive pole

noun

The terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate.

The pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely. Synonyms: north-seeking pole, positive magnetic pole.

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"Positive pole" Quotes from Famous Books

... this day Secesh is the positive pole; the Union is the negative,—it is the blow recipient. When, oh, when will come the opposite? When will we deal blows? Not under ...

— Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 • Adam Gurowski

... A solution of acetate of lead submitted to the action of the voltaic current, yields lead at the negative pole, and brown peroxide of lead at the positive pole. A solution of nitrate of silver, under the same circumstances, yields silver at the negative pole, and peroxide of ...

— The Chemical History Of A Candle • Michael Faraday

... positive-negative, myself, I feel the attraction of the positive pole of our intermediate state, and attempt to correlate these three data: to see them homogeneously; to think that ...

— The Book of the Damned • Charles Fort

Words linked to "Positive pole" : positive magnetic pole, magnetic pole, pole, terminal