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Poling (piezoelectricity) Piezoelectricity (, ) is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials—such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA, and various proteins—in response to applied mechanical stress. The word ''p ...

, applying a strong electric field across piezoelectric materials *

Poling (horse) Poling or rapping is the practice of hitting a horse on the legs as it goes over a jump, to make it think it hit the fence hard (due to the pain), so the animal will pick his legs up higher the next time. It is usually performed using a long bambo ...

, in equestrianism, hitting a horse on the legs to encourage it to clear a jump *

Poling System The Poling System was a mathematical rating system used to select college football national championship teams on a current basis from 1935 to 1984. Its selections were published in the ''Football Review Supplement'' and several newspapers.

, rating system used to select college football national championship teams from 1924 to 1984 *

Poling (metallurgy) A metallurgical method employed in the purification of copper which contains copper oxide as an impurity and also in the purification of tin which contains tin oxide (stannic oxide or "SnO2") as an impurity. The impure metal, usually in the form of ...

, a method for purification of copper in metallurgy * Poling, a procedure for shunting cars on a railway * Poling, a method of moving small watercraft using a

setting pole A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank ...

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Poling, West Sussex Poling is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Arun District, Arun District of West Sussex, England, southeast of Arundel on a minor road south of the A27 road, A27. About 25% of the parish is wooded foothill slopes of ...

, England *

Poling, Indiana Poling is an unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is India ...

, U.S. * Poling, West Virginia, U.S. *

Poling Preceptory Poling Preceptory was a priory in West Sussex, England. It is a . References

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, a priory in West Sussex, England

People named Poling

* Al Poling aka 911 (born 1957), American wrestler *

Chan Poling Chandler Hall "Chan" Poling (born October 3, 1957) is an American musician and composer. Early life and education Chandler Hall Poling was born in 1957 in Evanston, Illinois. He moved to Minnesota with his family in 1961. He studied composition a ...

(Chandler Hall Poling, born 1957), American musician *

Clark V. Poling Clark Vandersall Poling (August 7, 1910 – February 3, 1943) was a minister in the Reformed Church in America and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during th ...

(1910–1943), Reverend and American war hero *

Daniel A. Poling Daniel Alfred Poling (November 30, 1884 – February 7, 1968) was an American clergyman. Early life and family Poling was born in Portland, Oregon, to Charles Cupp Poling and Savilla Kring Poling in 1884. His father was also a minister, and two o ...

(1884–1968), American clergyman *

Daniel Poling Daniel Joseph Poling (born October 3, 1954 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 10 since his January 2007 appointment by West Virginia Gove ...

(born 1954), American politician *

Eleanor Poling Eleanor Jane Mondale Poling (January 19, 1960 – September 17, 2011) was an American radio personality, television host, and actress. Biography Mondale was the only daughter of Joan Mondale and former Vice President Walter Mondale. Her ol ...

, an American radio personality, television host, and actress *

Harold Arthur Poling Harold Arthur "Red" Poling (October 14, 1925 – May 12, 2012) was a U.S. automobile businessman. Early life Harold Arthur Poling was born in Troy, Michigan, but grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. Poling graduated from Monmouth College in 1949. He ...

(1925–2012), U.S. automobile businessman *

Jon Poling Jon Poling is an American physician currently practicing in Athens, Georgia where he has worked at Athens Neurological Associates since 2001. He has also worked at Athens Regional Medical Center as the medical director of their apheresis unit sin ...

(born 1971), American neurologist *

Mary Poling Mary M. Poling (born November 23, 1946, in Barbour County, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 47 since January 12, 2013. Poling served consecutively from ...

(born 1946), American politician *

Samantha Poling Samantha Poling is a Scottish investigative journalist working for BBC Scotland and BBC Panorama. Early life and career Raised in Helensburgh, after graduation Poling joined the ''Northumberland Gazette'' in Alnwick as a trainee reporter. She r ...

, Scottish investigative journalist

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People named Poling

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