INNERMOST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innermost mean? 

• INNERMOST (adjective)
  The adjective INNERMOST has 2 senses:

1. being deepest within the self

2. situated or occurring farthest within

  Familiarity information: INNERMOST used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNERMOST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being deepest within the self

Synonyms:

inmost; innermost

Context example:

one's innermost feelings

Similar:

inward (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Situated or occurring farthest within

Synonyms:

inmost; innermost

Context example:

the innermost chamber

Similar:

inner (located or occurring within or closer to a center)

 Context examples 

Using the prior Spitzer data, the team recognized a mathematical pattern in the frequency at which each of the six innermost planets orbits their star.

(Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet, NASA)

It was the first time Cassini was close enough to create a spectral map of the surface of the innermost moon Pan.

(NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Rings Coat Tiny Moons, NASA)

With another quick glance at them, and such a glance at me as seemed to look into my innermost thoughts.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Abnormal cells are found in the cervical epithelium (the innermost lining of the cervix).

(Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Dictionary)

Cancer has spread from the mucosa (innermost layer) of the colon and/or rectal wall to the submucosa (layer of tissue under the mucosa) of the colon and/or rectal wall.

(Dukes A colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Having to do with the two innermost meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Leptomeningeal, NCI Dictionary)

Gallbladder cancer begins in the innermost layer of tissue and spreads through the outer layers as it grows.

(Gallbladder Cancer, NCI Dictionary)

The innermost layer of the mature ovary wall.

(Endocarp, Food and Drug Administration)

Like Earth, Mercury’s outer core is composed of liquid metal, but there have only been hints that Mercury’s innermost core is solid.

(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)

The innermost planet, called TOI 700 b, is almost exactly Earth-size, is probably rocky and completes an orbit every 10 days.

(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)