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Extreme point   /ɛkstrˈim pɔɪnt/   Listen
Extreme point

noun
1.
The point located farthest from the middle of something.  Synonyms: extreme, extremum.






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"Extreme point" Quotes from Famous Books



... he neared the shore of the islet, he made good way; but he had been carried down so far when in the centre of the stream, that it became a nice point, even to the calculation of hope, whether he would fetch the extreme point of the islet. Newton redoubled his exertions, when, within thirty yards of the shore an eddy assisted him, and he made sure of success; but when within ten yards, a counter current again caught him, and ...
— Newton Forster - The Merchant Service • Captain Frederick Marryat

... the outset of its lessons, instructs the learner, in regard to all things in the world, to proceed from what knowledge he has of their principles, and pursue his investigation of them, till he reaches the extreme point. After exerting himself for a long time, he will suddenly find himself possessed of a wide and far-reaching penetration. Then, the qualities of all things, whether external or internal, the subtle or ...
— THE CHINESE CLASSICS (PROLEGOMENA) • James Legge

... mountains with glacial winding sheets from the Straits of Beagle. And the boat tacked, fleeing away from this narrow aquatic passageway full of perilous ledges. Another time the peaks of Diego Ramirez, the most extreme point of the cape, loomed up before the prow, and the bark again tacked, fleeing from this cemetery of ships. The wind shifting, then brought their first icebergs into view and at the same time forced them to turn back ...
— Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) - A Novel • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... stand here," went on Tom, "and note the extreme point to which the hand on the pressure gauge goes, I'll be obliged to you. Just jot it down ...
— Tom Swift and his Aerial Warship - or, The Naval Terror of the Seas • Victor Appleton

... these "dalesmen" can the English elemental resistance to fusion be seen. Only at the extreme point of necessity have they exchanged ideas with any other section, yet they have left their mark all over English history. In Cumberland and Westmoreland, the most pathetic romances of the Red Rose were enacted. In the strength of these hills, the ...
— The Squire of Sandal-Side - A Pastoral Romance • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr



Words linked to "Extreme point" :   acme, apex, peak, extremity, vertex, extreme



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