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outermost

outermost

8 4.1
Farthest from the middle, at the outside edge
  • adjective
  • /ˈaʊtərˌmoʊst/
translation icon : más externo
  • Only one shelf of the current outermost layer is still empty.
  • the outermost layer
  • the outermost ring
  • the outermost region

And the easy way to do that is start at the outside and make the outermost ring folded.

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Examples

  • The material in Earth's outermost crust, however, is not all of the same density.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The cortex is the the outermost part of the brain where we believe that sounds are actually converted into words and language.

    Andrew Huberman

  • I add a little bit of that in there just at the outermost corner.

  • OK, so the outermost skin layer is cut back the most.

  • Which is the outermost part of the solar system.

    Don't Look Up (2021)

  • In both cases, the focus is on the wilderness in its extreme and outermost forms.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The corona is the outermost part of the solar atmosphere and extends throughout the solar system.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The forest grew right up against the outermost buildings, weeds intruding into yards and gardens, roadways.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The boat slices ahead along the atoll's outermost palm border, and the aft motor backfires with puffs of smoke.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The distance between Earth and the outermost planet, Neptune, varies as the planets orbit the sun.

Synonyms

outer
vsoutermost
405 1.0

On the outside and farther from the center

is used for the farthest position rather than for general exterior
outside
vsoutermost
24 1.0

Near the outer edge or side farther from the center

is the farthest possible position away from the center
outmost
vsoutermost
  • Archaic
6.5

Farthest away from the center of something

is identical in meaning but differs in spelling form

Antonyms

innermost
22 4.5

The part that is deepest and most private inside a person or thing

How Far

outermost
8 4.1
outer
405 1.0
inner
272 1.4
central
993 1.0

Surface Forms

outermost positive

Morphology

outermost = outer (transparent) = outer + most

Formed by regular superlative derivation from the adjective 'outer' using the productive '-most' suffix meaning 'farthest on the outside'.

Etymology

Outermost comes from outer, meaning 'outside', plus -most, meaning 'farthest'. So outermost literally means the part that is 'farthest on the outside', which is why we use it for the thing farthest from the center.