north pole

noun

often capitalized N&P : the northernmost point of the earth

broadly : the corresponding point of a celestial body (such as a planet)

: the zenith of the heavens as viewed from the north terrestrial pole

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

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While the impact point was, in the ancient past, near the moon's north pole, the imbalance tilted it until the impact zone is now in the southern midlatitudes. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2024 This image shows the distribution of surface ice at the Moon’s south pole (left) and north pole (right), detected by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument. —

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024 The summer solstice — the exact moment when Earth’s north pole is most tilted towards the sun — happens at 4:51 p.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service. —

Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2024 In 2012, Messenger confirmed that the ice at Mercury’s north pole was frozen water. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for north pole