The two things which are at the extreme ends of a scale; the ‘extremes’ as opposed to the ‘mean’. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > polarity > pole (6) extremityc1400 The two things which are at the extreme ends of a scale; the ‘extremes’ as opposed to the ‘mean’. Obsolete. polea1550 figurative. A pivotal principle or aspect of something, a fundamental point; esp. either of two opposed or complementary principles to which the… extreme1555 That which occupies a place at either end of anything; one of two things removed as far as possible from each other, in position, nature, or… counter-pole1839 The opposite pole. Subcategories:— extremes (2) |
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