Difference between revisions of "Ultimate"
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+ | *[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate] | ||
*[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:4._ULTIMATE_QUARTAN_INTEGRATION Ultimate Quartan Integration] | *[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:4._ULTIMATE_QUARTAN_INTEGRATION Ultimate Quartan Integration] | ||
[[Category: General Reference]] | [[Category: General Reference]] |
Revision as of 22:45, 26 January 2010
Origins
Medieval Latin ultimatus last, final, from Late Latin, past participle of ultimare to come to an end, be last, from Latin ultimus farthest, last, final, superl. of Latin *ulter situated beyond
- Date: 1640
Definitions
- b : last in a progression or series : final <their ultimate destination was Paris> :c : eventual 2 <they hoped for ultimate success>
- d : the best or most extreme of its kind : utmost <the ultimate sacrifice>
- 2 : arrived at as the last result <the ultimate question>
- 3 a : basic, fundamental <the ultimate nature of things — A. N. Whitehead
- b : original 1 <the ultimate source>
- c : incapable of further analysis, division, or separation
Synonyms
- last, final