terminus

(tʉrmə nəs)

noun pl. termini or terminuses

  1. a boundary or limit
  2. a boundary stone or marker
  3. an end; final point; extremity or goal
  4. Chiefly Brit. either end of a transportation line, or a station or town located there; terminal
  5. Rom. Myth. the deity presiding over boundaries and landmarks

Origin: L: see term

See terminus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ter·mi·nus·es or ter·mi·ni (-nīˌ)
  1. The final point; the end.
  2. An end point on a transportation line or the town in which it is located.
  3. a. A boundary or border.
    b. A stone or post marking a border.

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Origin: Latin

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