Definition of: ultimate

(ul′tə·mit) adjective
1. Beyond which there is no other; last of a series; final.
2. Fundamental or essential; hence, not susceptible of further analysis; elementary; primary.
3. Most distant; farthest; extreme.
4. Mech. Designating the maximum strength of a body, or a strain of the least intensity sufficient to cause rupture.
—noun
1. The final result; last step; conclusion.
2. A fundamental or final fact. [<LL ultimatus, orig. pp. of ultimare come to an end <ultimus farthest, last, superl. of ulter beyond]
—ul′ti·mate·ness noun