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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and cf. {Ultimatum}.] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. [1913 Webster] My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. [1913 Webster] Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter. [1913 Webster] {Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under {Organic}. {Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}. {Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. [1913 Webster] Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.] 1. To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Analysis \A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to {synthesis}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called {qualitative}, and the latter {quantitative analysis}. [1913 Webster] 3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. [1913 Webster] 4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. [1913 Webster] 5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. [1913 Webster] 6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. [1913 Webster] {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: ultimate adj 1: furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" [ant: {proximate}] 2: being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable" n 1: the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"