outermost

adjective out·er·most \ ˈau̇-tər-ˌmōst \

Updated on: 20 May 2018

Definition of outermost

: farthest out

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Examples of outermost in a Sentence

The arrow hit the outermost ring on the target.
the outermost planet in our solar system

Recent Examples of outermost from the Web

The Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft built to fly through the Sun’s corona (its outermost atmosphere) in order to gather data about the star, is scheduled to launch this summer.

— kristen bobst, Teen Vogue, "NASA Updates: What to Know About "America First" Space Policy, Budget Cuts, and More," 10 May 2018
The plate is on the outermost layer of the crust and moves over the hot spot.

— phil gast and brandon miller, CNN, "Hawaii's 'hot spot': It makes volcanoes and islands," 7 May 2018
American Gal broke from the outermost post position and immediately strode a few paths farther out.

— bill cain, The Courier-Journal, "American Gal scores stakes win in Humana Distaff before Kentucky Derby 2018," 5 May 2018
Many arthropods also fluoresce thanks to the outermost layer that that produces the glow, Wired previously reported.

— julissa treviño, Smithsonian, "Puffin Beaks Are Fluorescent, and They’re Not the Only Ones," 9 Apr. 2018
When examined at high magnification, researchers found that cold, dry air can make your the outermost layer of skin cells to essentially shrink and encourage your filaggrin stores to degrade, which leads to that dry, scaly texture.

— macaela mackenzie, Allure, "The Reason Your Skin Dries Up in the Winter Is Because Skin Cells Literally Shrink in the Cold," 16 Mar. 2018
Anew study, from a variety of French universities including École Polytechnique Centre de Physique Théorique (CRNS), looks at coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which occur at the outermost region of the star.

— david grossman, Popular Mechanics, "New Model Shows Just How Strong Solar Flares Could Get," 8 Feb. 2018
Enamel, the outermost layer of your teeth, covers your crowns, aka the parts of your teeth above your gum line, according to the American Dental Association (ADA).

— korin miller, SELF, "5 Reasons Your Teeth Are So Agonizingly Sensitive," 18 Apr. 2018
On the outermost fringe is Neelay Mehta, an Indian-American computer-game inventor, wheelchair-bound since adolescence after a fall from a California live oak that leaves him paralyzed.

— michael upchurch, BostonGlobe.com, "Richard Powers sees the forest and the trees," 6 Apr. 2018

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