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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.
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My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton.
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Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive
to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison.
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2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended
toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last
result; final.
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Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of
thought which we can not rationally contradict.
--Coleridge.
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3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter.
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{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.
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Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
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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.]
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2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
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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}.
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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}.
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3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the
resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
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4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the
conditions that are in them to equations.
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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.
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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.
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{Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and
{Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate},
{Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc.
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