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OUTERMOST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated at the farthest possible point from a center
Synonyms:
outermost; outmost
Classified under:
Similar:
outer (being on the outside or further from a center)
Context examples:
The outermost part of the flower, usually green and formed of several divisions (sepals) that protect the bud.
(Calyx, Food and Drug Administration)
One key area, for example, is the neocortex, the outermost brain region involved in higher functions such as action and thought.
(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)
The outermost layer of the eyeball consisting of both the sclera and the cornea.
(Corneoscleral Coat, NCI Thesaurus)
Molecules or atoms with at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.
(Free radical, NCI Thesaurus)
Free Radical Formation involves production in normal or pathological processes of chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.
(Free Radical Formation, NCI Thesaurus)
An inked deep surgical margin that indicates the outermost layer of connective tissue covering an organ or a vessel has been identified as an area warranting further study.
(Deep Adventitial Inked Margin, NCI Thesaurus)
The most likely explanation for Mercury’s great valley is long-wavelength buckling of the planet’s outermost shell in response to global contraction or shrinking.
(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)
The outermost layer of the membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates.
(Chorion, NCI Thesaurus)
Images taken with Cassini's narrow angle camera on April 15, 2013 show disturbances at the very edge of Saturn's A ring — the outermost of the planet's large, bright rings.
(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)
As stars mature, the braking mechanism from magnetic fields more easily slows the spin rate of the thin, outermost layer of big stars than the comparatively thick, turbulent bulk of small stars.
(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)
