EXTREME POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extreme point mean? 

• EXTREME POINT (noun)
  The noun EXTREME POINT has 1 sense:

1. the point located farthest from the middle of something

  Familiarity information: EXTREME POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTREME POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point located farthest from the middle of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

extreme; extreme point; extremum

Hypernyms ("extreme point" is a kind of...):

extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extreme point"):

acme; apex; peak; vertex (the highest point (of something))

 Context examples 

This, on arriving in Pulteney Street, took the direction of extraordinary hunger, and when that was appeased, changed into an earnest longing to be in bed; such was the extreme point of her distress; for when there she immediately fell into a sound sleep which lasted nine hours, and from which she awoke perfectly revived, in excellent spirits, with fresh hopes and fresh schemes.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)