Definition of Pole position

1. Noun. The most favorable position at the start of a race.

Generic synonyms: Place, Position

Definition of Pole position

1. Noun. (auto racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line. ¹

2. Noun. first place ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pole Position

pole-vaulting
pole building
pole cell
pole dancers
pole dances
pole fibre
pole fitness
pole horse
pole jam
pole jump
pole jumper
pole jumping
pole ligation
pole position (current term)
pole positions
pole star
pole stars
pole vault
pole vaulter
pole vaulting
polearm
polearms
poleax
poleaxe
poleaxed
poleaxes
poleaxing
polecat

Literary usage of Pole position

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electric Ship Propulsion by Samuel Murray Robinson (1922)
"On receiving a signal "ahead" : (a) Throw pole changers to 36-pole position. (b) Throw reversing levers to "ahead" position. (c) Close field switch and put ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"In a similar manner, when No. 3 pole, 60-cycle is at No. 1 pole position, No. 2 pole 25-cycle is 60 degrees ahead in phase, and it is necessary for the ..."

3. Transactions (1904)
"... distant by T/10 from the mid-pole position, one can readily derive the corresponding values for all the other positions and thus obtain the mean value, ..."

4. From Brain to Keyboard: A System of Hand and Finger Control for Pianists and by Macdonald Smith (1917)
"... still describing the horizontal arcs with the hand, and so on gradually up until the hand is almost straight above the head (North pole position). ..."

5. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1906)
"Pole-position of wires, size of wires, location and number of transformers, can also be shown conveniently. Direct-current circuits can also be kept the ..."

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