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terminal Definition

ter·mi·nal (tʉr′mə nəl)

adjective

  1. of, at, or forming the end, extremity, or terminus of something terminal feathers
  2. occurring at the end of a series; concluding; closing; final a terminal payment
  3. designating, of, or having a fatal disease in its final stages terminal cancer, to be diagnosed as terminal
  4. Informal extreme or excessive terminal cuteness
  5. having to do with a term or established period of time; occurring regularly in each term
  6. of, at, or forming the end of a transportation line
  7. Bot. growing at the end of a stem or branch a terminal bud

Etymology: L terminalis

noun

  1. a terminating part; end; extremity; limit
  2. a connective device or point in or attached to an electric circuit or conductor
  3. ☆
    1. either end of a transportation line, as for an airplane, bus, or railroad, including servicing facilities, etc.
    2. a station or city located there
    3. a station at any important point or junction of a transportation line
  4. 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
  5. Archit. an ornamental carving at the end of a structural element

terminal Related Forms

ter′·mi·nally adverb

terminal Synonyms

terminal

modif.

final, concluding, last; see last 1.

terminal Synonyms

terminal

n.

  1. An end

    limit, extremity, terminus; see end 4.

  2. Part of a computer

    data terminal, keyboard, CRT, cathode ray tube, monitor, printer, output device, input device, screen; see also computer.

terminal Telecom Definition

  1. A device that constitutes a point of termination of a communications circuit or channel, i.e., a transmitter or receiver, also known respectively as a source or sink.
  2. In telecommunications, a voice terminal is a telephone set, which can take many forms, including a simple analog rotary dial set, a digital smartphone, a digital softphone, and a cellular telephone.
  3. In data communications, a device comprising a keyboard, video adapter, and monitor. A data terminal is a dumb terminal, i.e., it does no independent processing, but relies on the computational resources of a computer to which it is connected over a dedicated circuit or through a network. A data terminal essentially is an input/output (I/O) device. See also DTE and terminal emulation.

terminal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • interchange: Different means of transport are connected in properly designed interchange terminals, such that transfer between modes is smooth and easy.
  • connect: Detailed fitting instructions are included as are wire connecting terminals and plumbing fittings.

Adjective modifier

  • dumb: Using remote dumb terminals, while good for light use, have their drawbacks.
  • controlling: By default, messages about the progress of the search are written to the controlling terminal.
  • onshore: Gas from the North Morecambe field is different to that from the South Morecambe field, necessitating different onshore processing terminals.
  • hand-held: Fleetstar-MRM combines additional job management functionality in Fleetstar-Online with a robust mobile application run from either hand-held terminal ( e.g.
  • fifth: The airport operator is spending 4.2 billion pounds to build a fifth terminal at London's Heathrow Airport.
  • dedicated: Our corporate boxes also each have a dedicated tote terminal.

Modifies a noun

  • emulator: Specific program names would be great, I cant find a good terminal emulator for it.
  • emulation: To conduct terminal emulation or to transfer files.. .
  • illness: Read in her notes she has a ' terminal illness ' which threw me a bit.
  • half-life: The mean terminal half-life was 12 minutes ( range 2 to 33 minutes ).
  • decline: They said Conservatism in Wales was in terminal decline.
  • ileum: Terminal ileum: The last part of the ileum, where the small intestine joins the large intestine.

Noun used with modifier

  • ferry: Upon reaching the ferry terminal turn left onto High Street.
  • airport: Pros: Easy to find, close to airport terminal.
  • eurostar: In addition Waterloo International Station and the Eurostar terminal are on a short tube or taxi ride away.
  • freight: Allocate funds to improve road access to existing or new rail freight terminals.
  • screw: All screw terminals are clearly marked for easy installation.
  • container: In addition, a new container terminal is being built, which should be capable of taking five million TEU by July 2007.