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Terminal

//ˈtɚmɪnəl// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fatal; resulting in death.

    "terminal cancer"

  2. 2
    Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
  3. 3
    Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
  4. 4
    Occurring every term; termly. archaic

    "a student's terminal fees"

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing or ending in or approaching death wordnet
  2. 2
    occurring at or forming an end or termination wordnet
  3. 3
    being or situated at an end wordnet
  4. 4
    relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time wordnet
  5. 5
    of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

    "Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights."

  2. 2
    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods wordnet
  3. 3
    A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
  4. 4
    a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves wordnet
  5. 5
    A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
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  1. 6
    electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display wordnet
  2. 7
    A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
  3. 8
    either extremity of something that has length wordnet
  4. 9
    A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
  5. 10
    A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
  6. 11
    The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
  7. 12
    An electric contact on a battery.
  8. 13
    The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  9. 14
    A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
  10. 15
    A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
  11. 16
    A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
  12. 17
    The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
Verb
  1. 1
    To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

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