extremity
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6.8
- noun
- /ɪkˈstrɛmɪti/
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extremo
- At the extremity of the garden, there is a beautiful bench where we can sit and enjoy the view.
- western extremities
So you get this this peripheral pattern instead of a central generated pattern that progresses towards the extremities.
- So you get this this peripheral pattern instead of a central generated pattern that progresses towards the extremities.
Examples
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And I think New England may explain the extremity of some of my reactions.
Fiction book (1998) -
Which of the following best describes the relationship between body weight and impact in the lower extremity?
Academic text (2003) -
Um, Darwin is a city with a population of around 130,000 located on the northern extremity of the Australian mainland.
Blog text (14) -
Buds began to swell and glisten at the extremities of the sycamore branches.
Fiction book (1993) -
So the winter-rainfall Western Cape, at whose farthest southwestern extremity Cape Town now stands, was ringed landward by a steppe and desert buffer (Figure 1).
Academic text (2001) -
The climbers reached the extremity of the mountain, where the air was thin and cold.
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The river forms the extremity of the national park, creating a natural border with the neighboring state.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The outer part or limit of something like a rope
136
3.4
The limit of how far or how much something can go
125
4.2
The farthest point or highest level of something
The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
A point farthest from the center of something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Far
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Morphology
Etymology
Extremity comes from the Latin word extremus, meaning 'outermost' or 'end', the same root as extreme. So extremity can mean the farthest point or the outer 'edge' of an area.