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terminal

adjective

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noun

  1. airport building
  2. telecommunications device
  3. a freight or passenger station that is central to a considerable area or serves as a junction at any point with other lines
  4. either end of a carrier line having facilities for the handling of freight and passengers
  5. a town or city at the end of a carrier line : terminus
  6. a device attached to the end of a wire or cable or to an electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections
  7. a part that forms the end : extremity, termination
  8. a terminating usually ornamental detail : finial
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɚmɪnəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Late Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

  1. Fatal; resulting in death.

    “terminal cancer”

  2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
  3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
  4. Occurring every term; termly.

    “a student's terminal fees”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Late Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

  1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

    “Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.”

    “A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.”

  2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
  3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
  4. 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.
  5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
  6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
  7. The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
  8. An electric contact on a battery.
  9. The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  10. 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.
  11. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
  12. A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
  13. The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Late Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

  1. To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.