無む極きょく

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

limitless; boundless; infinite

Describes something without limits or extremes; used in philosophical or abstract contexts.

• 宇う宙ちゅうは無む極きょくの広ひろがりを持もつ。

  The universe has limitless expanse.

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

apolar; nonpolar

Scientific term, especially in chemistry, for a molecule or substance with no electric dipole moment.

• 無む極きょく性せい分ぶん子しは水みずに溶とけにくい。

  Apolar molecules are poorly soluble in water.

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

limitlessness of taiji; the boundless ultimate

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of the limitless or the ultimate void from which taiji (the supreme ultimate) arises. Often encountered in discussions of Neo-Confucianism.

See also: 太極

• 無む極きょくにして太たい極きょくという考かんがえ方かたは、宋そう代だいの哲てつ学がくで重じゅう要ようである。

  The idea of 'the limitless and yet the supreme ultimate' is important in Song dynasty philosophy.