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.
–noun
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.
a.
the mechanical device by means of which an electric connection to an apparatus is established.
b.
the point of current entry to, or point of current departure from, any conducting component in an electric circuit.
15.
Architecture.
a.
a herm or term.
b.
a carving or the like at the end of something, as a finial.
[Origin: 1480–90; late ME < L terminālis, equiv. to termin(us) end, limit + -ālis-al1]
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.
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
a building containing the arrival and departure areas for passengers at an airport or one in the centre of a city or town where passengers can buy tickets for air travel etc and can be transported by bus etc to an airport Example: an air terminal
Arabic:
مَحَطَّة رُكاب ، مَحَطَّة شِراء تَذاكِر طَيَران
Chinese (Simplified):
（机场的）候机楼，售票处
Chinese (Traditional):
(機場的)候機樓，售票處
Czech:
letištní, *odbavovací budova
Danish:
terminal; -terminal
Dutch:
aankomst, *vertrekhal
Estonian:
terminaal
Finnish:
terminaali
French:
aérogare
German:
der Terminal
Greek:
τερματικός σταθμός, κεντρικό κτήριο αερολιμένα
Hungarian:
terminál
Icelandic:
flugstöð
Indonesian:
terminal
Italian:
terminal
Japanese:
ターミナル
Korean:
터미널
Latvian:
lidosta; aviosabiedrības pārstāvniecība
Lithuanian:
(transporto) stotis, mazgas
Norwegian:
terminal
Polish:
terminal
Portuguese (Brazil):
terminal
Portuguese (Portugal):
terminal
Romanian:
aerogară
Russian:
аэровокзал
Slovak:
letisková budova
Slovenian:
terminal
Spanish:
terminal
Swedish:
terminal
Turkish:
terminal
terminal2[ˈtəːminəl]noun
a usually large station at either end of a railway line, or one for long-distance buses Example: a bus terminal
Arabic:
مَحَطَّة قِطار
Chinese (Simplified):
（火车、汽车的）终点站
Chinese (Traditional):
(火車、汽車的)終點站
Czech:
konečná stanice
Danish:
terminal; -terminal
Dutch:
eindstation
Estonian:
lõppjaam
Finnish:
pääteasema
French:
terminus
German:
die Endstation
Greek:
σταθμός λεωφορείων
Hungarian:
pályaudvar
Icelandic:
umferðarmiðstöð
Indonesian:
stasiun
Italian:
stazione; capolinea
Japanese:
終着駅
Korean:
종점
Latvian:
galastacija
Lithuanian:
(galinė) stotis
Norwegian:
endestasjon, terminal
Polish:
stacja końcowa
Portuguese (Brazil):
terminal
Portuguese (Portugal):
terminal
Romanian:
gară, *staţie terminus
Russian:
(авто)вокзал
Slovak:
konečná stanica
Slovenian:
končna postaja
Spanish:
terminal
Swedish:
terminal, slut-, ändstation
Turkish:
terminal, gar
terminal3[ˈtəːminəl]noun
in an electric circuit, a point of connection to a battery etc Example: the positive/negative terminal
Arabic:
طَرَف تَوْصيل، مِرْبَط
Chinese (Simplified):
接头
Chinese (Traditional):
接頭
Czech:
koncovka
Danish:
pol
Dutch:
contact
Estonian:
klemm
Finnish:
napa
French:
borne
German:
der Pol
Greek:
πόλος
Hungarian:
kivezetés
Icelandic:
skaut, póll, úttak
Indonesian:
terminal
Italian:
terminale
Japanese:
電極
Korean:
(전기의) 단자
Latvian:
spaile
Lithuanian:
gnybtas
Norwegian:
pol, kontakt
Polish:
zacisk
Portuguese (Brazil):
terminal
Portuguese (Portugal):
terminal
Romanian:
bornă
Russian:
клемма
Slovak:
koncovka
Slovenian:
pol
Spanish:
borne
Swedish:
pol
Turkish:
uç, kutup
terminal4[ˈtəːminəl]noun
a device linked to a computer by which the computer can be operated
Arabic:
وِحْدَةٌ طَرَفِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
终端（设备）
Chinese (Traditional):
終端(設備)
Czech:
terminál
Danish:
terminal
Dutch:
terminal
Estonian:
terminal
Finnish:
pääte
French:
terminal
German:
das Endstück
Greek:
τερματικό
Hungarian:
terminál
Icelandic:
útstöð
Indonesian:
terminal
Italian:
terminale
Japanese:
端末
Latvian:
termināls
Lithuanian:
terminalas
Norwegian:
terminal
Polish:
terminal
Portuguese (Brazil):
terminal
Portuguese (Portugal):
terminal
Romanian:
terminal
Russian:
терминал
Slovak:
terminál
Slovenian:
terminal
Spanish:
terminal
Swedish:
terminal
Turkish:
terminal, uçbirim
terminal[ˈtəːminəl]adjective
(of an illness etc) in the final stage before death Example: This ward is for patients with terminal cancer.
A position in a circuit or device at which a connection can be made or broken. See Note at battery.
Computer Science A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, by which one can read, enter, or manipulate information in a computer system.
terminal 1. An electronic or electromechanical device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and displaying data received. Early terminals were called teletypes, later ones VDUs. Typically a terminal communicates with the computer via a serial line. 2. The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. 3. Apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line. (1995-10-02)
Her"mes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]1. (Myth.) See Mercury. Note: Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit., Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes, especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth. He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy. 2. (Arch[ae]ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under 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.
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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