n. 终极, 根本, 顶点, 基本原则

a. 终极的, 根本的, 极限的, 最远的, 最后的, 最大的

[医] 最后的, 终结的

[经] 最终的, 极限的, 最大的

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.

My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton.

Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive
to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison.

2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended
toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last
result; final.

Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of
thought which we can not rationally contradict.
--Coleridge.

3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
ultimate constituent of matter.

{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.

Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.


Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.]
1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.]

2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]


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}.

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}.

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the
resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the
conditions that are in them to equations.

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.

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.

{Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and
{Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate},
{Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc.