Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The southern end of the earth's axis of rotation, a point in Antarctica.
- noun The celestial zenith of this terrestrial point.
- noun The southern end of the axis of rotation of a planet or other celestial body.
- noun The south-seeking magnetic pole of a straight magnet.
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- proper noun geography The
southernmost point on Earth; that point inAntarctica where Earth'saxis of rotation passes through Earth's surface. - proper noun geography Earth's magnetic south pole.
- proper noun geography Earth's geomagnetic south pole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
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Examples
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It's like saying Santa Claus is from the South Pole, which is ridiculous!
Ali MacLean: Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News? Ali MacLean 2010
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It's like saying Santa Claus is from the South Pole, which is ridiculous!
Ali MacLean: Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News? Ali MacLean 2010
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It's like saying Santa Claus is from the South Pole, which is ridiculous!
Ali MacLean: Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News? Ali MacLean 2010
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It's like saying Santa Claus is from the South Pole, which is ridiculous!
Ali MacLean: Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News? Ali MacLean 2010
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It's like saying Santa Claus is from the South Pole, which is ridiculous!
Ali MacLean: Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News? Ali MacLean 2010
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PHILLIPS: Meet the people who call the South Pole home.
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The sun doesn't come out -- come up at the South Pole, that is, until Tuesday.
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Battat realized that for the Russians, working in the South Pole was a somewhat humiliating experience.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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The only other passenger on the fuel flight to the South Pole was a physicist in his late twenties from Boston.
Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996
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“As he journeys to the South Pole, which is as far as you can get from everywhere, Werner Herzog also journeys to the prospect of man’s oblivion,” astutely noted Roger Ebert.
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