opposite pole

collocation in English

meaningsofoppositeandpole

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opposite
adjective
uk
/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/us
/ˈɑː.pə.zɪt/
completely ...
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pole
noun[C]
uk
/pəʊl/us
/poʊl/
a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to ...
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(Definition ofoppositeandpolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If dividing cells separate, one pole of diplococcus has surface projections while theoppositepolewith newly synthesized wall has none.
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This form of resilience development, where risks are not viewed as theoppositepoleof resilience, is a very important aspect of our learning.
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Theoppositepolewas then connected to the exterior of the heart and similar rhythmic shocks delivered.
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At theoppositepolesome people demand that everything should be put under one man.
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My misgivings stem from a completelyoppositepole.
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That is a fallacy of the same calibre, although it is at theoppositepole.
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At theoppositepolestands another group of critics.
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The second stage of my reactions went to theoppositepole.
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The second danger lies at theoppositepole; that is, of talking ourselves into a state of deep gloom or of excitable panic.
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They stand at theoppositepole.
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The high-explosive charge surrounding the other hemisphere will explode progressively, from the equator toward theoppositepole.
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At theoppositepolelies demonic imagery which typifies the unfulfillment, perversion, or opposition of human desire.
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The voltage starts to increase again as the armature heads to theoppositepoleat the 270 position.
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When our political leaders synonymised politics with nepotism, he stood at theoppositepole.
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The magnetic field leaves the poles and curves around the earth until it reaches theoppositepole.
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Other spindle microtubules make contact with microtubules coming fromoppositepole.
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The analysis of laryngeals and clicks, which form the two opposite poles of the underspecification spectrum, points to the validity of our linguistic hypothesis.
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The newly mono-oriented chromosome oscillates in space near the pole to which it is attached until a microtubule from theoppositepolebinds the sister kinetochore.
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Seemingly at opposite poles, both are, in the most important sense, unrealistic, and therefore unhelpful.
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They fail to recognise that ' adversarial' (aggregative) and ' collaborative' (deliberative) politics are opposite poles on a continuum.
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