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termination Definition

ter·mi·na·tion (tʉr′mə nās̸hən)

noun

  1. a terminating or being terminated
  2. the end of something in space or time; limit, bound, conclusion, or finish
  3. Linguis. the end of a word; final sound, morpheme, or syllable; specif., an inflectional ending
  4. a thing's outcome or result friendly termination of a dispute

Etymology: L terminatio

termination Related Forms
ter′·mi·na·tional adjective
termination Synonyms

termination

n.

termination Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • survive: These obligations will survive any termination of this Agreement.

Adjective modifier

  • premature: Similarly, no refund will be made for periods missed due to premature termination of courses.
  • wrongful: Year's cheap holiday insurance specialist should be traps and look wrongful termination under quot overall quot.
  • abrupt: Evidence for south aisle provided by abrupt termination of chamfered plinth on west side of south nave, suggesting a pre-existing wall.
  • transcriptional: A role for chromatin remodeling in transcriptional termination by RNA polymerase II.
  • abnormal: Supplying the actual number of bytes in the longest line to be merged ( or some larger value ) prevents abnormal termination.
  • immediate: All damages shall be limited to the immediate termination of service.

Modifies a noun

  • codon: It ends with one of three termination codons: TAA, TAG or TGA.
  • resistor: Termination resistors at the ends of the cable absorb the frame energy, preventing reflection of the signal back along the cable.
  • clause: Intellectual property rights and termination clauses should also be studied closely.
  • payment: Her contract has a guaranteed termination payment of £ 12.4 million.

Noun used with modifier

  • pregnancy: Another patient was worried about a note about asthma screening, others about records of mental disorders and pregnancy terminations.
  • transcription: First I attempt to identify regulatory signals in the sequence downstream of the cleavage site that may be responsible for transcription termination.

Preposition: of

  • pregnancy: How many of you know someone who has had a termination of a pregnancy?
  • tenancy: What rent is payable in the meantime following the termination of the long tenancy by the landlord's notice?
  • employment: However, upon termination of such employment, the alumnus will be able to register onto the alumni website.
  • agreement: This fall in costs is due to the termination of the agreement with DRC.
  • contract: Failure of an audit or the terms of the Contract may result in termination of the Contract.
  • lease: Vacant possession of the property on termination of the lease.

Preposition: for

  • abnormality: In relation to selective termination for fetal abnormality this point is especially important.