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