dichotomy

二分法、二分

対立するものとされる二つの集団や考えなどの区分、または明確な違い。

やさしい英語で： A division or clear difference between two groups, ideas, or things, often treated as opposites.

• There is a dichotomy between work and leisure.
• That choice creates a false dichotomy.
• The film explores the dichotomy between rich and poor.

使い方： dichotomy between A and B (She questioned the dichotomy between art and science.)

類義語： division, split

よく使う表現： false dichotomy, dichotomy between things, clear dichotomy

二叉分枝、二分岐

成長する茎や体内の管が二つに枝分かれすること。繰り返す場合もある。

やさしい英語で： The splitting of a growing stem or body tube into two branches, sometimes happening repeatedly.

• The stem shows dichotomy near its tip.
• Repeated dichotomy gives the plant a forked shape.
• The diagram illustrates dichotomy of a vein.

類義語： bifurcation, branching

よく使う表現： stem dichotomy, successive dichotomy, dichotomy of something