different between ceiling vs uppermost

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Homophone: sealing
• Hyphenation: ceil?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix).

Noun

ceiling (plural ceilings)

1. The overhead closure of a room.

2. The upper limit of an object or action.
   • 2008, N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics (volume 1, page 114)

     Market forces naturally move the economy to the equilibrium, and the price ceiling has no effect on the price or the quantity sold.

3. (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
4. (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."

5. (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

6. (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
7. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
8. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

• ceil (poetic)
• (mathematics): ceil

Antonyms

• floor

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

ceiling

1. present participle of ceil

Anagrams

• cieling

English

Etymology

upper +? -most

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?m??st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??mo?st/

Adjective

uppermost (not comparable)

1. At or nearest the top of something.
   • 2005, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax reform: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 8, 2005, Volume 36, Issues 109-123

     Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind.

   • 2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology

     As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind).

Synonyms

• upmost

Antonyms

• nethermost

Translations

Adjective

uppermost

1. (rare) superlative form of upper: most upper

Adverb

uppermost (not comparable)

1. In the highest position.