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terminal definition
ter·mi·nal (tʉr′mə nəl)
adjective
- of, at, or forming the end, extremity, or terminus of something terminal feathers
- occurring at the end of a series; concluding; closing; final a terminal payment
- designating, of, or having a fatal disease in its final stages terminal cancer, to be diagnosed as terminal
- Informal extreme or excessive terminal cuteness
- having to do with a term or established period of time; occurring regularly in each term
- of, at, or forming the end of a transportation line
- Bot. growing at the end of a stem or branch a terminal bud
Etymology: L terminalis
noun
- a terminating part; end; extremity; limit
- a connective device or point in or attached to an electric circuit or conductor
- ☆
- either end of a transportation line, as for an airplane, bus, or railroad, including servicing facilities, etc.
- a station or city located there
- a station at any important point or junction of a transportation line
- a device, usually with a typewriter keyboard and a video screen, for putting information into, or getting it from, a computer, as over communication lines
- Archit. an ornamental carving at the end of a structural element
Related Forms:
- terminally ter′·mi·nally adverb
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