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terminal definition

ter·mi·nal (tʉrmə 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
    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
  3. 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
  4. Archit. an ornamental carving at the end of a structural element

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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