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ultima

/ˈʌltɪmə/

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What does ultima mean?

noun

  1. The final syllable of a word.
  2. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vomma with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

proper noun

  1. A town in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. The larger lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.
  2. Synonym of Baroque (“chess variant”).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈʌltɪmə/

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“Tempora certa modosque, et, quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, praeponens ultima primis Invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
"Et te colet ultima Thule," said Virgil, being of opinion that Iceland was the extreme part of the world habitable toward the north.
Richard HakluytVoyages in Search of the North-West PassageProject Gutenberg ebook #3482
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Spectacularly, Iceland--Ultima Thule--as he calls it--was a disappointment to him.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
From being one of the most inaccessible districts of the north—the very ultima Thule of civilization—Caithness became a pattern county for its roads, its agriculture, and its fisheries.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
My cognizance of the pit had become known to the inquisitorial agents—the pit, whose horrors had been destined for so bold a recusant as myself—the pit, typical of hell, and regarded by rumor as the Ultima Thule of all their punishments.
Edgar Allan PoeThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #2148