outermost
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of outermost
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at outer, -most
Example Sentences
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The astronauts will then have the chance to study the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere, which will become visible as a sort of glowing halo.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Past conflicts—due largely to a considerable lag between U.S. doctrine and technology—began with the outermost defensive ring and painfully worked toward the innermost ring of the capital, he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
That’s when the star goes supernova, which we can detect as soon as the bounced off material breaks through the star's outermost layer — we call this the shock breakout.
From Space Scoop • Nov. 28, 2025
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.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024
The course at Griinau was six lanes wide, but the outermost two lanes—lanes five and six—were so exposed to the prevailing winds on the Langer See that they were at times all but unrowable.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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