outermost

[ou-ter-mohst, -muhst]

adjective

1. farthest out; remotest from the interior or center.

   the outermost limits.

outermost

/ ˈaʊtəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. furthest from the centre or middle; outmost

Word History and Origins

Origin of outermost¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; outer, -most

Example Sentences

BCC begins with abnormal growth of basal cells, which produce new skin cells when old ones die, on the outermost layer of the skin.

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The outermost layer of the lava flow will almost immediately cool and form a crust, but the interior of the lava flow can remain molten for a time, Chadwick said.

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Greenland’s forbidding environment, at the outermost boundary of the European and North American world, have long made it one of the strangest places on earth.

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Studying CMEs – massive fireballs that blow out of the Sun’s outermost corona layer – is one of the most important scientific objectives of India’s maiden solar mission.

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The brain's functional properties arise from the varied cell types within its cortex, the outermost layer responsible for many complex mental tasks.

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