negative pole

1. 1.

   the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate

   Broaderterminal
2. 2.

   the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely

   Synonymsnegative magnetic polesouth-seeking pole

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Questions about negative pole

What does negative pole mean?

negative pole means "the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for negative pole?

Close synonyms include negative magnetic pole, south-seeking pole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is negative pole a common word?

negative pole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.