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TERMINAL
terminal
(adjective) causing or ending in or approaching death; “a terminal patient”; “terminal cancer”
concluding, final, last, terminal
(adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination; “his concluding words came as a surprise”; “the final chapter”; “the last days of the dinosaurs”; “terminal leave”
terminal
(adjective) being or situated at an end; “the endmost pillar”; “terminal buds on a branch”; “a terminal station”; “the terminal syllable”
terminal
(adjective) relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; “terminal examinations”; “terminal payments”
terminal
(adjective) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; “freight pickup is a terminal service”; “terminal charges”
terminal, terminus, depot
(noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
terminal, pole
(noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
terminal
(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
end, terminal
(noun) either extremity of something that has length; “the end of the pier”; “she knotted the end of the thread”; “they rode to the end of the line”; “the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
terminal (plural terminals)
A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
(electronics) the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
An electric contact on a battery.
(telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
(computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
(computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
(computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
(biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptid.
Adjective
terminal (comparative more terminal, superlative most terminal)
Fatal; resulting in death.
Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
(archaic) Occurring every term; termly.
Synonyms
• (appearing at the end): endly, final, late, endsome
Antonyms
• non-terminal
• (illness): early
• (appearing at the end): initial, early
Verb
terminal (third-person singular simple present terminals, present participle terminalling or terminaling, simple past and past participle terminalled or terminaled)
To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.
Anagrams
• trailmen, tram line, tramline
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"mi*nal, a. Etym: [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See Term, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike. Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
– Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
– Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.
Ter"mi*nal, n.
1. That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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