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The two things which are at the extreme ends of a scale; the ‘extremes’ as opposed to the ‘mean’. Obsolete.
figurative. A pivotal principle or aspect of something, a fundamental point; esp. either of two opposed or complementary principles to which the…
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…