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the superlative that admits you've already lost track of second place.
means the greatest distance from a given point among all things being compared, full stop, no runner-up mentioned.
from from old english feorrest, superlative of feor meaning far, tangled for centuries with furthest until grammarians decided farthest wins on literal distance and furthest on figurative ground, a distinction most speakers cheerfully ignore.
human objectvoyager 1 is 15 billion miles out
grammar rulefarthest is literal, furthest is figurative, allegedly
light itselfhas a farthest, the observable universe edge
olympic eventjavelin literally chases this word
for instance
voyager 1 — launched 1977, now farthest human-made object from earth
gzk horizon — theoretical limit for cosmic ray travel across space
point nemo — farthest ocean spot from any land, pacific ocean
mile high club joke — aside, marathon des sables covers farthest footrace, 250km