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[Relena]

Hi,

What does ultimate, site of interest, leading from�mean on the following examples?

-a mind map is the ultimate organizational thinking tool.

-Special images or shapes represent site of interest or particularly interesting ideas.

-The main roads leading from the center represent the main thoughts in your thinking process.

Relena

[CP]

1. a mind map is the ultimate organizational thinking tool.

"Ultimate" means "final," "last," so usually it means the most recent, modern, "last word" in something or other. If it is the latest and greatest, then it is the best, so some people use "ultimate" as a substitute for "best," or maybe "most recent, therefore best."

So this means that a mind map is the latest thing in organizational thinking tools. Probably the writer means that a correctly drawn mind map (whatever that is) is the latest thing in organizing one's thinking.

2. Special images or shapes represent site of interest or particularly interesting ideas.

Hard to say without some more context. If this has to do with the mind map, probably it means that certain shapes in the map correlate with particular spots in the brain.

3. The main roads leading from the center represent the main thoughts in your thinking process.

Whenever a road originates in one place and goes somewhere else, it leads from that place to somewhere else. I guess the mind map is like a road map, with main roads for main thoughts. The thoughts originate from the center of the map and lead from that place to some other place.
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