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Software creational design pattern
The object pool pattern is a software creational design pattern that uses a set of initialized objects kept ready to use – a "pool" – rather than allocating
Object_pool_pattern
Reusable solution template to a commonly-needed software behavior
are trying to solve, and object-oriented patterns are not necessarily suitable for non-object-oriented languages. Patterns originated as an architectural
Software_design_pattern
Software design pattern
In computer programming, a thread pool is a software design pattern for achieving concurrency of execution in a computer program. Often also called a
Thread_pool
Software design pattern for object creation
A creational pattern is a software design pattern for creating objects in a manner suitable to a particular situation. As object creation that is otherwise
Creational_pattern
Topics referred to by the same term
database Memory pool, a dynamic memory allocation method Memory Pool System, a memory management system by Harlequin Object pool pattern, a pattern to construct
Pool
Behavioral design pattern
In object-oriented programming, the command pattern is a behavioral design pattern in which an object is used to encapsulate all information needed to
Command_pattern
Cache of database connections
limitations typically associated with traditional connection pooling mechanisms. Object pool pattern Database Programming with JDBC and Java. ISBN 9781565926165
Connection_pool
Collection of ready-to-use resources
objects, in which context a pool refers to a design pattern for implementing pools in object-oriented languages, such as in the object pool pattern.
Pool_(computer_science)
Object that creates other objects
subroutine that returns a new object may be referred to as a factory, as in factory method or factory function. The factory pattern is the basis for a number
Factory (object-oriented programming)
Factory_(object-oriented_programming)
Software design pattern
Monitor object Nuclear reaction Reactor pattern Readers–writer lock Scheduler pattern Thread pool pattern Thread-local storage Behavioral pattern Creational
Concurrency_pattern
Software engineering design pattern
the only possible approach. The pattern simplifies retrieval of shared objects in an application. Since the object pool is created only once, being a member
Multiton_pattern
foreseeable change to the pattern of shots being played, so the frame could go on indefinitely. 2. In pool, placing of the object balls back in the rack
Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms
Pool game
with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen usually unnumbered object balls) on a small pool table with six pockets. It originated in the United Kingdom
Eight-ball pool (British variation)
Eight-ball_pool_(British_variation)
Type of software design pattern
Input/output libevent Reactive programming Related patterns: Active object Observer pattern Proactor pattern, which allows mixing synchronous & asynchronous
Reactor_pattern
Software design pattern
The active object design pattern decouples method execution from method invocation for objects that each reside in their own thread of control. The goal
Active_object
Data structure for reusing strings
the same object. Lisp introduced the notion of interned strings for its symbols. Historically, the data structure used as a string intern pool was called
String_interning
Grouping of resources
of threads for short-lived tasks Object pooling is a software design pattern that keeps a pool of initialized objects ready that are ready to be used,
Pooling_(resource_management)
Forensic method
Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is a forensic discipline focused on analyzing bloodstains left at known, or suspected crime scenes through visual pattern recognition
Bloodstain_pattern_analysis
Ball used in cue sports
used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific
Billiard_ball
Type of cue sport
rounds of best 2-out-of-three), as in other types of pool. Points are scored by pocketing the object balls on the table; the number of points awarded is
Rotation_(pool)
pattern contributor and advocate, the object design pioneer Grady Booch. Like other patterns, organizational patterns aren't created or invented: they are
Organizational_patterns
Variation in brightness and the position of stars due to atmospheric refraction
brightness, colour, or position of a distant luminous object viewed through a medium. If the object lies outside the Earth's atmosphere, as in the case
Twinkling
Type of billiards shot
the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). As with other pool and billiards games, trick shots usually utilize a cue ball, one or more object balls, and
Trick_shot
Form of pocket billiards popular in Eastern Europe
of pool and snooker tables, but is occasionally heated, similar to carom billiards tables. Balls: There are sixteen balls, fifteen numbered object balls
Russian_pyramid
Apparent unusual observation in the sky
An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States
Unidentified_flying_object
Graphical representation for specifying business processes
are: Flow objects Events, activities, gateways Connecting objects Sequence flow, message flow, association Swim lanes Pool, lane, dark pool Artifacts
Business Process Model and Notation
Business_Process_Model_and_Notation
Table games using cues and billiard balls
and an object ball (or two object balls in the case of the game four-ball). Standard pool balls are 57.15 mm (2+1⁄4 in), are used in many pool games found
Cue_sports
Phenomenon resulting from the superposition of two waves
example, what happens when two identical stones are dropped into a still pool of water at different locations. Each stone generates a circular wave propagating
Wave_interference
Phenomenon in object-oriented programming
object resurrection in various ways. In rare circumstances, object resurrection is used to implement certain design patterns, notably an object pool,
Object_resurrection
Nonfinite verb form
her coming as the single object of I remember. Many of the verbs that allow pattern 4a (without object) also allow this pattern. 'LIKE' GROUP (verbs from
Gerund
Special function called to create an object
schemes such as an object pool. Constructors that can take at least one argument are termed as parameterized constructors. When an object is declared in a
Constructor (object-oriented programming)
Constructor_(object-oriented_programming)
Two-player pool game
present in most pool games that a player must contact an object ball with the cue ball and after that contact, either pocket an object ball, or some ball
Cribbage_(pool)
Seasonal pools of water that provide habitat
climates, but occur in many other ecosystems. During most years, a vernal pool basin will experience inundation from rain/precipitation, followed by desiccation
Vernal_pool
Geometric pattern characteristic of Muslim art
concentric bands around the object. Both closed designs (which do not repeat) and open or repetitive patterns are used. Patterns such as interlaced six-pointed
Islamic_geometric_patterns
Architectural motif in neural networks for aggregating information
Interest Pooling (also known as RoI pooling) is a variant of max pooling used in R-CNNs for object detection. It is designed to take an arbitrarily-sized input
Pooling_layer
Computer scientist and author
Recurring Template Patterns". C++ Report: 24–27. ^ Fraser, Steven, Kent Beck, Bill Caputo, Tim Mackinnon, James Newkirk and Charlie Pool. "Test Driven Development
Jim_Coplien
Technology developed by Apple Inc
task parallelism based on the thread pool pattern. The fundamental idea is to move the management of the thread pool out of the hands of the developer,
Grand_Central_Dispatch
Unit of work performed within a database management system
database system in a language like SQL wrapped in a transaction, using a pattern similar to the following: Begin the transaction. Execute a set of data
Database_transaction
Object-oriented programming language
what are now common object-oriented software design patterns. One of the most popular is the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern for user interface design
Smalltalk
Type of feedforward neural network
Andreas C.; Behnke, Sven (2010). "Evaluation of Pooling Operations in Convolutional Architectures for Object Recognition" (PDF). Artificial Neural Networks
Convolutional_neural_network
In programming, a special method executed during object destruction
for resource management as a supplement to the dispose pattern, or when implementing an object pool. Finalization is formally complementary to initialization
Finalizer
Extension of Rexx programming language with support for object-oriented programming
Object REXX is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, object-oriented (class-based) programming language. Today it is generally referred to as ooRexx
Object_REXX
Theory that characterizes object complexity
case only "01" can be taken from the assembly pool.[citation needed] In general, for K subunits of an object O the assembly index is bounded by log 2 (
Assembly_theory
2013 Canadian TV series or program
over a pool and set them up on tables on the opposite side, while the show's "ninjas" throw balls to try and knock the players into the pool. Happy Penguin
Japanizi:_Going,_Going,_Gong!
Techniques used by computers to manage components with limited availability
chained, as in pipe and filter pattern, the delegation pattern, the decorator pattern, or the adapter pattern. If the second object (which is not used directly)
Resource management (computing)
Resource_management_(computing)
Techniques for finding underwater targets
the object sought is particularly small, and they wish to run the pattern twice, once from each side, in case the object is masked by a larger object on
Underwater_searches
Geometric patterns in Islamic architecture
Islamic geometric patterns used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines that form an interlaced strapwork pattern. Girih decoration
Girih
Series of convolutional neural networks for image classification
for image classification, as the network in the Fast Region-based CNN for object detection, and as a base network in neural style transfer. The series was
VGGNet
1088 encyclopaedic work by Shen Kuo
The Dream Pool Essays (or Dream Torrent Essays) was an extensive book written by the Chinese polymath and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095), published in
Dream_Pool_Essays
Software libraries
fraction) and utilities (arrays, combinatorics) 1.3 2026-04-20 Pool Generic object pooling component 2.13.1 2025-12-30 Proxy Library for creating dynamic
Apache_Commons
Image dataset
in visual object recognition software research. More than 14 million images have been hand-annotated by the project to indicate what objects are pictured
ImageNet
Widening of the Congo River; part of the border between the R Congo and the DR Congo
The Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), also known historically as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda, Lake Nkuna, Lake Ntamo, or Lake Ngobila, is a broad, lake-like
Pool_Malebo
1988 video game
menus to allow characters to use objects; trade items with other characters; parley with opponents; buy or sell items or pool the characters' money; cast magic
Pool_of_Radiance
Partitioning a digital image into segments
image into multiple image segments, also known as image regions or image objects (sets of pixels). The goal of segmentation is to simplify and/or change
Image_segmentation
Character in Greek mythology
who approached him, instead falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. In some versions, he beat his breast purple in agony at being kept
Narcissus_(mythology)
Bounded table on which cue sports are played
the game. In artistic pool, lines may be drawn between opposite sights putting a grid on the playing surface. Other grid patterns are used in various forms
Billiard_table
Procedures to find objects or persons lost at the surface of a body of water
finding lost vessels, persons, or floating objects, which may use one or more of a variety of search patterns depending on the target of the search, as
Water_surface_searches
.NET managed concurrency library
pool when their turn comes. Future is a task that returns a result. The result is computed in a background thread encapsulated by the Future object,
Parallel_Extensions
Image classification model
(PDF). Pattern Recognition. 35 (8): 1675–1686. Bibcode:2002PatRe..35.1675Q. doi:10.1016/S0031-3203(01)00162-5. Vidal-Naquet; Ullman (1999). "Object recognition
Bag-of-words model in computer vision
Bag-of-words_model_in_computer_vision
shot down three more unidentified flying objects over North America, bringing the tally to four aerial objects including the suspected Chinese spy balloon;
List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes
List_of_The_Weekly_with_Charlie_Pickering_episodes
Application framework for Java platform
retrieving database objects from connection pool wrappers Abstraction for binary large object (BLOB) and character large object (CLOB) handling All these
Spring_Framework
Outdoor swimming pool in Lewes, East Sussex, England
Pells Pool is a public outdoor swimming baths or lido in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The original structure was built in 1860 making it the oldest freshwater
Pells_Pool
Machine learning model family
"Region-Based Convolutional Networks for Accurate Object Detection and Segmentation". IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 38 (1):
Region Based Convolutional Neural Networks
Region_Based_Convolutional_Neural_Networks
Microsoft programming language
closures) Immutable variables and objects Lazy evaluation support Higher-order functions Nested functions Currying Pattern matching Algebraic data types Tuples
F Sharp (programming language)
F_Sharp_(programming_language)
This article coincides in timing and pattern with contributions by the same user which have been determined to be AI-generated, and has no significant
2026 World Wrestling Championships
2026_World_Wrestling_Championships
Series of video games
Wright took ideas from the 1977 architecture and urban design book A Pattern Language, American psychologist Abraham Maslow's 1943 paper A Theory of
The_Sims
Containment rack in pocket billiards
area behind the table's head string). In both one-pocket and bank pool all fifteen object balls are racked entirely at random, with the center of the apex
Rack_(billiards)
C++ programming keywords for dynamic memory allocation
language constructs that perform dynamic memory allocation, object construction and object destruction. Except for a form called the "placement new", the
New_and_delete_(C++)
Brainwaves, repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system
Neural oscillations, or brainwaves, are rhythmic or repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system. Neural tissue can generate oscillatory
Neural_oscillation
Metallic mirrors of ancient China
transparent. If that light is reflected from the mirror onto a wall, the pattern on the back of the mirror is then projected onto the wall. Bronze mirrors
Chinese_magic_mirror
perception Emmert's law Entoptic phenomenon Gestalt psychology Infinity pool Kinetic depth effect Mirage Multistable perception Op Art "The Science of
List_of_optical_illusions
Depletion of unallocated IPv4 addresses
IPv4 address exhaustion is the depletion of the pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses. Because the original Internet architecture had fewer than 4.3 billion
IPv4_address_exhaustion
Private golf club in the eastern United States
contains a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) clubhouse, an 82-foot (25 m) swimming pool, an indoor tennis center, and a fitness center. The Trump National Golf Club
Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.
Trump_National_Golf_Club_Washington,_D.C.
crucial as well on every shot, in some pool games this is not as large a factor because on a successful shot the object ball is pocketed. However, many shots
Cue_sports_techniques
Collective name for three related archaeological sites in Veracruz, Mexico
23 Pool, p. 193. Pool, p. 100. Symonds, p. 55. Flannery, p. 443 Cyphers, p. 165. Symonds, p. 56. Pool, p. 98. Beck et al. Flannery p. 443 INAH Pool, p
San_Lorenzo_Tenochtitlán
Neural network architecture
(time-frequency patterns in speech, and coordinate space pattern in OCR). Kunihiko Fukushima published the neocognitron in 1980. Max pooling appears in a
Time_delay_neural_network
Wedge-shaped element used in building an arch or vault
garden Mughal garden Paradise garden Persian gardens Reflecting pool Riad Outdoor objects Chhatri Eidgah Fina Mechouar Sebil Shadirvan Passive cooling Hypostyle
Voussoir
she penetrated their rectums and vaginas with knives, forks and other objects, that she forced them to eat cakes made from human excrement and that she
List of wrongful convictions in the United States
List_of_wrongful_convictions_in_the_United_States
Industrial process based on lost-wax casting
desired pattern thickness is reached. Another method involves filling the entire mould with molten wax and letting it cool as a solid object.[citation
Investment_casting
Book by Abbott Handerson Thayer
Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of Disguise Through Color and Pattern; Being a Summary of Abbott H. Thayer's Discoveries is a book published
Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Concealing-Coloration_in_the_Animal_Kingdom
low tide Tidal marsh – Marsh subject to tidal change in water Tide pool – Rocky pool on a seashore, separated from the sea at low tide, filled with seawater
Glossary_of_landforms
Form of carom billiards
billiards, known in English as Italian skittle pool, and was principally played in pubs, with an object ball that was smaller than the two cue balls. Professional
Five-pin_billiards
Biological theory of intelligence
represents a "cause" of the input pattern (or "name" in On Intelligence). The concepts of spatial pooling and temporal pooling are still quite important in
Hierarchical_temporal_memory
Influential 2012 deep convolutional neural network
Recognition Challenge (ILSVRC). It classifies images into 1,000 distinct object categories and is regarded as the first widely recognized application of
AlexNet
Cultural item spread via the Internet
2017. Coscia, Michele (April 5, 2013). "Competition and Success in the Meme Pool: a Case Study on Quickmeme.com". arXiv:1304.1712 [physics.soc-ph]. Paper
Internet_meme
Web framework for Python
None = None @app.post("/items/") def create_item(item: Item): # The 'item' object is already validated and typed return {"message": "Item received", "item_name":
FastAPI
Method for computer memory management
looks as if it is global, but is physically stored in a per-thread memory pool, the thread-local storage. A second use case would be multiple threads accumulating
Thread-local_storage
Computing software platform
objects taking up memory when the key is no longer reachable anywhere else. Another possible application of weak references is the string intern pool
Java Platform, Standard Edition
Java_Platform,_Standard_Edition
Study of light interaction with water and submerged materials
carbon in the ocean's biological pump. Scientists study individual tiny objects such as plankton and detritus particles using flow cytometry and in situ
Ocean_optics
Client API for Apache Cassandra
high-level object oriented interface to cassandra. Failover support. Connection pooling. JMX support. Support for the Command design pattern to allow clients
Hector_(API)
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
programmes began when he produced and presented the three-part series Animal Patterns. The studio-bound programme featured animals from London Zoo, with the
David_Attenborough
Convolutional neural network structure
10 digit classes (0-9). The connection pattern between H1 and H2 is described in . There were no separate pooling layer, as it was deemed too computationally
LeNet
Variations on the religious symbol through Christian history
has a triangular panel inscribed in a triquetra (three-cornered knot) pattern. There is a small square panel in the center of the cross. A symbol of
Christian_cross_variants
evil inventor, Zach Varmitech, who plans to use the aardvark to dig his pool for him. They manage to stop Zach and return the mama aardvark to "Slurpy"
List_of_Wild_Kratts_episodes
Synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource
(synchronization) Mutual exclusion Read/write lock pattern "lock Statement (C# Reference)". 4 February 2013. "ThreadPoolPriority, and MethodImplAttribute". MSDN
Lock_(computer_science)
Programming language
examples of such objects. The BOR object model will be integrated into ABAP Objects in the next Release by migrating the BOR object types to the ABAP
ABAP
American design professor
parameters that was inspired by object oriented programming patterns. John Bell's homepage Variable Media Questionnaire The Pool "Digital Curation at the University
John_P._Bell
First-run airings of the ITV medical dramedy
by George Upton (David Hayman), recently widowed, and who has been the object of noise complaints over recent nights and – what Penhale assumes – possible
List_of_Doc_Martin_episodes
Branch of machine learning
visual pattern recognition contest, outperforming traditional methods by a factor of 3. It then won more contests. They also showed how max-pooling CNNs
Deep_learning
Chest containing the Ten Commandments
God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites. Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage
Ark_of_the_Covenant
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic
Pointed Object
Surname or Lastname
Southern English
Southern English : topographic name for someone who lived near a pool or pond, Middle English pole (Old English pÅl), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Poole in Dorset, South Pool in Devon, and Poole Keynes in Gloucestershire.English : from a medieval variant of the personal name Paul.Jewish (from the Netherlands) and Dutch : ethnic name for someone from Poland.Probably a variant of German Pohl 1, Puhl, or Pfuhl, all topographic names from Middle Low German pÅl, Middle High German pfuol, ‘pool’, ‘pond’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Power.Hungarian (Poór) : status name from pór ‘peasant’, ‘lower class’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Holy Object
Boy/Male
Muslim
Desire. Object.
Girl/Female
Hebrew English
Wished-for child; rebellion; bitter.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
A Discovered Object
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
God; Object of Worship
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Pointed object.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : shortened form of Vanderpoel, a topographic name for someone living by a muddy pool, from Middle Low German pÅl ‘(muddy) pool’.English : variant of Paul or Powell.
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish, Latin
Star of the Sea; Small; Form of Paul
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rarity, Rare object, Novelty
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Sindhi, Telugu
A Flower
Male
Danish
, small.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in wool, Middle English woll (Old English wull).English : in southwestern England, a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Middle English wolle, wulle ‘spring’, ‘stream’, a western dialect development of Old English (West Saxon) wiell(a).Americanized form of French Houle.
Boy/Male
Scandinavian Latin Danish Swedish
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : variant spelling of Pol.English (Norfolk) : variant of Paul or Pool.German (also Pöll) : from a short form of a personal name composed with Old High German bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.North German : variant of Pohl 2.South German form of Boll.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Desire; Object
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, German, Latin, Scandinavian, Swedish
Small; Form of Paul
Girl/Female
British, English, Hebrew, Irish
Rhyming Variant of Molly; Bitterness; Star of the Sea; Small
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
Girl/Female
Italian Spanish
Wise. Elder.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bavishya | பவிஷà¯à®¯à®¾
Futures of parent
Male
Egyptian
, a surname of Osiris.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Purohit | பà¯à®°à¯‹à®¹à®¿à®¤
A brahmin priest
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English newe-come(n) ‘recently come’, ‘just arrived’. The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of place names ending in -combe (see Coombe).Americanized form of German Neukamm, possibly arising from a misinterpretation of its etymology as neu ‘new’ + Kamm ‘comb’ (see Neukam).According to family tradition, Capt. Andrew Newcomb was born in England in 1618 and died in Boston, MA, in 1686, leaving family who settled both in MA and in Kittery, ME. Among his descendants was the internationally renowned astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Servant of the Giver of Might and Glory.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire)
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire) : from the Middle English personal name Bawcok or Bolcok, a pet form of Baldwin + the hypocoristic suffix -cok (see Cocke).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Conqueror; Arjuna
Boy/Male
Tamil
God
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
OBJECT POOL-PATTERN
v. t.
To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
v. t.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
n.
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
imp. & p. p.
of Object
v. t.
To wind on a spool or spools.
superl.
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
object.
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.
superl.
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
v. t.
That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
v. t.
To break over the poop or stern, as a wave.
object.
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
superl.
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
superl.
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
superl.
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
v. t.
A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.
v. t.
To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.
v. t.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.
superl.
Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
superl.
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.