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ultima
/ˈʌltɪmə/
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What does ultima mean?
noun
- The final syllable of a word.
- 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
- A town in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia
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proper noun
- The larger lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.
- 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.”
"Et te colet ultima Thule," said Virgil, being of opinion that Iceland was the extreme part of the world habitable toward the north.
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Spectacularly, Iceland--Ultima Thule--as he calls it--was a disappointment to him.
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.
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.