Terminal
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Causing or ending in or approaching death
"A terminal patient"
"Terminal cancer"
(2)   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"
(3)   Being or situated at an end
"The endmost pillar"
"Terminal buds on a branch"
"A terminal station"
"The terminal syllable"
(4)   Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
"Terminal examinations"
"Terminal payments"
(5)   Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
"Freight pickup is a terminal service"
"Terminal charges"

noun


(6)   Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
(7)   A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
(8)   Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
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Etymology


< < < ; see term, terminus.

Noun



  1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
  2. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
  3. In electronics, 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.
  4. An electric contact on a battery.
  5. In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  6. In the context of computer hardware, 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.
  7. A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
  8. A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

Adjective



  1. Fatal, resulting in death.
  2. Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.
  3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
 
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