Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated or occurring farthest within.
- adjective Most intimate.
- noun The part situated farthest in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furthest inward; most remote from the outward part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Farthest
inside or towards thecenter ormiddle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being deepest within the self
- adjective situated or occurring farthest within
Etymologies
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Examples
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The G3C consisted of six layers of nylon (the innermost was a rubberized bladder).
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The innermost was a dead rock with no atmosphere, while the next was a dead rock with far too much atmosphere.
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The question concerns the very large — space, galaxies, etc. — but also the very small, namely the innermost structure of matter.
The Origin of the Universe Weisskopf, Victor F. 1989
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Beside the inward and the outward man, I do not indeed perceive that the apostle makes another inward of the inward man, that is, the innermost of the whole man.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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The innermost was the bedchamber, from which projected a little oratory with an oriel window; the outer, the
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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I mean, there’s a reason they are called innermost thoughts.
Dan Pasternack: As Easy As Falling Off A Blog (An Introduction) 2008
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You don't seriously think that I have 'innermost' (and hence unspoken) intentions.
Eurozine articles 2010
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I met with two incredible scientists who work there, senior physicist Michael Barnett who is the head of the Particle Data Group, from Lawrence Berkley National Labs, and Neal Hartman, who engineered the innermost part of ATLAS, the pixel detector.
Seth Curcio: Super Symmetry: Painting the Particle Accelerator Seth Curcio 2011
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I met with two incredible scientists who work there, senior physicist Michael Barnett who is the head of the Particle Data Group, from Lawrence Berkley National Labs, and Neal Hartman, who engineered the innermost part of ATLAS, the pixel detector.
Seth Curcio: Super Symmetry: Painting the Particle Accelerator Seth Curcio 2011
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For Z Zcr, if the innermost orbital is not filled, the electric field of the nucleus will pull an electron out of the vacuum, resulting in the spontaneous emission of a positron.
MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction 2010
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