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ter·mi·nal 
[tur-muh-nl] Pronunciation Key
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[tur-muh-nl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
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| 1. | situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista. |
| 2. | occurring at or forming the end of a series, succession, or the like; closing; concluding. |
| 3. | pertaining to or lasting for a term or definite period; occurring at fixed terms or in every term: terminal payments. |
| 4. | pertaining to, situated at, or forming the terminus of a railroad. |
| 5. | Botany. growing at the end of a branch or stem, as a bud or inflorescence. |
| 6. | Architecture. noting a figure, as a herm or term, in the form of a bust upon a gaine. |
| 7. | pertaining to or placed at a boundary, as a landmark. |
| 8. | occurring at or causing the end of life: a terminal disease. |
| 9. | Informal. utterly beyond hope, rescue, or saving: The undercapitalized project is a terminal problem. |
| 10. | a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity. |
| 11. | Railroads. a major assemblage of station, yard, maintenance, and repair facilities, as at a terminus, at which trains originate or terminate, or at which they are distributed or combined. |
| 12. | Computers. any device for entering information into a computer or receiving information from it, as a keyboard with video display unit, either adjoining the computer or at some distance from it. |
| 13. | a station on the line of a public carrier, as in a city center or at an airport, where passengers embark or disembark and where freight is received or discharged. |
| 14. | Electricity.
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| 15. | Architecture.
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ter·mi·nal·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1, 2. final, ending, ultimate. 8. fatal, mortal, lethal.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ter·mi·nal
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adj.
n.
[Middle English, from Latin terminālis, from terminus, boundary.] ter'mi·nal·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
terminal (adj.)
terminal (adj.)
1459, "relating to or marking boundaries," from L. terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end of something" is from 1805. The noun sense of "end point of a railway line" is from 1888; that of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| terminal | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges" |
| 2. | relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments" |
| 3. | being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" [ant: intermediate] |
| 4. | occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding] |
| 5. | causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" |
noun | |
| 1. | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
| 2. | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
| 3. | either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" [syn: end] |
| 4. | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display |
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terminal
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
terminal ter·mi·nal (tûr'mə-nəl)
adj.
- Of, relating to, situated at, or forming a limit, a boundary, an extremity, or an end.
- Of, relating to, occurring at, or being the end of a section or series; final.
- Causing, ending in, or approaching death; fatal.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Terminal
Ter"mi*nal\, a. (Railroads) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
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Terminal
Ter"mi*nal\, n. (Railroads) (a) The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto. (b) Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings. (c) A rate charged on all freight, independent of the 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; a terminal charge. (d) A town lying at the end of a railroad; -- more properly called a terminus.
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Terminal
Ter"mi*nal\ (-nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See Term, n.]1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. 2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike. Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine. Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.
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Terminal
Ter"mi*nal\, n. 1. That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity. 2. (Eccl.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
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