south pole

See also: south-pole, southpole, South Pole, South-Pole, and Southpole

English

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Noun

south pole (plural south poles)

1. The southernmost point on celestial bodies other than Earth.
2. (electromagnetism) The negative pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic south.
3. Alternative form of South Pole

Synonyms

• (negative magnetic pole): negative pole, south-seeking pole, S-pole

Antonyms

• (negative magnetic pole): north pole, positive pole, north-seeking pole, N-pole

Derived terms

• South Pole

Translations

the southernmost point on a celestial body

• Arabic: اَلْقُطْب اَلْجَنُوبِيّ m (al-quṭb al-janūbiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南極／南极 (zh) (Nánjí), 南极 (zh) (nánjí)

• Dutch: zuidpool (nl) m
• Finnish: etelänapa (fi)
• French: pôle Sud (fr) m
• German: Südpol (de) m
• Hindi: दक्षिणी ध्रुव (dakṣiṇī dhruv)
• Japanese: 南極 (ja) (なんきょく, nankyoku)
• Korean: 남극(南極) (ko) (namgeuk)
• Malay: kutub selatan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pito tonga, pito ki te tonga
• Persian: قطب جنوب (qotb-e jonub)
• Polish: biegun południowy m
• Portuguese: polo sul m
• Russian: ю́жный по́люс m (júžnyj póljus)
• Swedish: sydpol (sv) c
• Tagalog: timugang taluktok
• Telugu: దక్షిణ దృవం (dakṣiṇa dr̥vaṁ)
• Urdu: قطب جنوبی m (qutab janūbī)
• Vietnamese: nam cực (vi) (南極)
• Volapük: sulüdapov (vo)

negative magnetic pole

• Dutch: zuidpool (nl) m
• Finnish: etelänapa (fi)
• French: pôle sud (fr) m
• German: Südpol (de) m
• Japanese: Ｓ極 (esu-kyoku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: polo sul m
• Russian: ю́жный по́люс m (júžnyj póljus)
• Swedish: sydpol (sv) c
• Tagalog: timugang balniing taluktok
• Telugu: దక్షిణ దృవం (dakṣiṇa dr̥vaṁ)

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• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kutub selatan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} polo sud

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• spouthole