Usually means: Southernmost point of Earth's axis.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word South pole:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. south pole: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. south pole, the South Pole, the south pole: Merriam-Webster
  3. South Pole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. South Pole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. South Pole: Collins English Dictionary
  6. South Pole: Vocabulary.com
  7. the South Pole, the South pole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. South Pole, south-pole, south pole: Wiktionary
  9. South Pole: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. South Pole: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. South Pole, the South Pole: Dictionary.com
  12. South Pole, South pole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. South pole: Rhymezone
  14. south pole: FreeDictionary.org
  15. south pole: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. South Pole: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. south pole: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. South Pole: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. south pole: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. south pole, south pole: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. south pole: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. south pole: Electronics
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (south pole)

▸ noun:  The southernmost point on celestial bodies other than Earth.
▸ noun:  (electromagnetism) The negative pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic south.
▸ noun:  (geography) The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°).
▸ noun:  (geography) The Magnetic South Pole of Earth.
▸ noun:  (geography) The Geomagnetic South Pole of Earth.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of South Pole [(geography) The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°).]

Similar:
north pole, Southpole, celestial pole, equator, antipodes, Southern Hemisphere, first point of Capricorn, North Pole of inaccessibility, pole of cold, north geographical pole, more...

Opposite:
north pole, arctic

Phrases:
south celestial pole, south seeking pole, the south pole, South magnetic pole, south terrestrial pole, more...

Adjectives:
coplanar, circumpolar, low, lacunary, octave, aspected, curtate, suborbital, periodic, minimum, nonagesimal

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Similar:
north pole, Southpole, celestial pole, equator, antipodes, Southern Hemisphere, first point of Capricorn, North Pole of inaccessibility, pole of cold, north geographical pole, more...

Opposite:
north pole, arctic

Phrases:
south celestial pole, south seeking pole, the south pole, South magnetic pole, south terrestrial pole, Amundsen's South Pole expedition, Lunar south pole, South Pole Traverse, South Pole Telescope, more...

Adjectives:
coplanar, circumpolar, low, lacunary, octave, aspected, curtate, suborbital, periodic, minimum, nonagesimal



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