outermost

[ ou-ter-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]

/ ˈaʊ tərˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst /

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adjective

farthest out; remotest from the interior or center: the outermost limits.

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Origin of outermost

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

Words nearby outermost

outercourse, outer ear, outer garments, Outer Hebrides, Outer Mongolia, outermost, outer planet, outer product, outersole, outer space, outerwear

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How to use outermost in a sentence

Another solution is to reduce the canopy from the top — not by topping or giving the tree a buzz cut, but by cutting back outermost branches where they meet a lower branch.
It’s tree-pruning season. Here’s how to do it without resorting to ‘crape murder.’|Adrian Higgins|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
The shock wave must also fight against the inward spiral of the star’s outermost layers, which are still falling onto the core.
Secret Ingredient Found to Power Supernovas|Thomas Lewton|January 21, 2021|Quanta Magazine
For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place.
How the Earth-shaking theory of plate tectonics was born|Carolyn Gramling|January 13, 2021|Science News
When atoms come together in solids, the outermost electron shells of neighbors overlap and form “bands” that extend throughout the material.
Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light|Philip Ball|September 30, 2020|Quanta Magazine

Finally, for now the electrodes can only record from the cortex—the outermost layer of the brain.
Neuralink’s Wildly Anticipated New Brain Implant: the Hype vs. the Science|Shelly Fan|September 1, 2020|Singularity Hub
The bullet peeled off the outermost layer of skin during a demonstration in Zamalka.
Gay Syrian Blogger a Hoax?|Asne Seierstad|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Of these coats he rightly supposes the outermost to be merely the epidermis of the middle membrane or testa.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The fjord below lay as smooth as a mirror, the outermost headlands and islands seeming to stand out of the water.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
So also, in Troilus, v. 1809, by the seventh sphere he means the outermost sphere of Saturn.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
On the outermost corner of the structure, overlooking the eddying, foaming bend of the San Juan, rose the isolated tower.
Overland|John William De Forest

British Dictionary definitions for outermost

outermost

/ (ˈaʊtəˌməʊst) /

adjective

furthest from the centre or middle; outmost

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