二に極きょく

noun

two dominant forces; two extremes; bipolarity

Used in political, social, or abstract contexts to describe a situation dominated by two opposing powers, poles, or extremes.

• 世せ界かいは二に極きょく構こう造ぞうから多た極きょく化かへと移い行こうしつつある。

  The world is shifting from a bipolar structure toward multipolarity.

• 議ぎ論ろんが二に極きょくに分わかれてしまった。

  The discussion split into two extremes.

noun

cathode and anode; two poles

Physics term referring to the two electrodes or poles of a device, such as a battery or vacuum tube.

• 真しん空くう管かんの二に極きょくはカソードとアノードである。

  The two poles of a vacuum tube are the cathode and the anode.