What does terminal mean?

Definitions for terminal
ˈtɜr mə nlter·mi·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. terminal, terminus, depotnoun

    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

  2. terminal, polenoun

    a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

  3. end, terminalnoun

    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"

  4. terminaladjective

    electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

  5. terminaladjective

    of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

    "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"

  6. terminaladjective

    relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

    "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"

  7. terminaladjective

    being or situated at an end

    "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"

  8. concluding, final, last, terminaladjective

    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"

  9. terminaladjective

    causing or ending in or approaching death

    "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"

Wiktionary

  1. terminalnoun

    A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

  2. terminalnoun

    A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

  3. terminalnoun

    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. terminalnoun

    An electric contact on a battery.

  5. terminalnoun

    In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

  6. terminalnoun

    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. terminalnoun

    A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).

  8. terminalnoun

    A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

  9. terminaladjective

    Fatal, resulting in death.

  10. terminaladjective

    Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.

  11. terminaladjective

    Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

  12. Etymology: From terminal, from terminalis, from terminus; see term, terminus.

Wikipedia

  1. Terminal

    Terminal is the debut single of British-American singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, released in 1974. The song is included on his 1974 debut album, Widescreen on Epic Records. The orchestrations on the recording were written and conducted by Holmes. The album was produced by Jeffrey Lesser. Although it didn't chart in the US, "Terminal" is popular in the Philippines, and has subsequently been covered by Sharon Cuneta on the 2006 album Isn't It Romantic?, and Piolo Pascual on the 2009 album Decades. In Cuneta's version, its lyrics are delivered from a female point of view; the line "I had to get home to the kids and the wife" was changed to "I had to get back to the kids and my life".

ChatGPT

  1. terminal

    In general, the term "terminal" can refer to several concepts depending on the context. 1. In computing, a terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying or printing data from, a computer or a computing system. 2. In transportation, a terminal is a station where vehicles, passengers, or goods begin or end their journeys. For instance, it could refer to airport terminals where passengers gather to board flights. 3. In electrical engineering, a terminal is the point at which a conductor from an electrical component, device or network comes to an end. 4. In biology, 'terminal' often refers to the end or conclusion of a structure, such as a terminal bud on a plant or a terminal illness in medicine, which is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient. 5. In finance, terminal value is the value of a bond at maturity or of an asset at a specified, future valuation date. 6. In philosophy and psychology, "terminal" may refer to ultimate goals or values, the end purpose or result of an action (e.g., terminal benefits). Thus, the general definition can be considered as 'the end or final point or stage of something'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Terminalnoun

    of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge

  2. Terminalnoun

    growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike

  3. Terminalnoun

    that which terminates or ends; termination; extremity

  4. Terminalnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Terminal

    Terminal was an American rock band from Mansfield, Texas.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Terminal

    The end of any open electric circuit, or of any electric apparatus; as the terminals of a circuit, dynamo, or battery.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. terminal

    A facility designed to transfer cargo from one means of conveyance to another. (Conveyance is the piece of equipment used to transport cargo; i.e., railcar to truck or truck to truck. This is as opposed to mode, which is the type of equipment; i.e., ship to rail, rail to truck.) See also facility.

Suggested Resources

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Entomology

  1. Terminal

    situated at the tip or extremity; opposed to basal.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'terminal' in Nouns Frequency: #2098

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of terminal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of terminal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of terminal in a Sentence

  1. Ted Mazer:

    This is soul searching, doctors will have to decide, now that this is here, what do they do when a patient is terminal and there is nothing more for them ?

  2. Monica Stott:

    With priority screening, security never takes more than 15 minutes. the lounges have great food, wifi, magazines and newspapers, games rooms for kids, beauticians, showers and comfortable places to relax until your flight. It's much nicer than waiting in the main terminal and I'd usually spend that much on food, drinks and magazines anyway.

  3. Vladislav Seleznyov:

    Yesterday the decision was taken to leave the territory of the terminal for new positions, fierce fighting continues.

  4. Tyler James:

    My Amy hated being famous, my Amy said' Fame is like terminal cancer, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.'.

  5. Monica Stott:

    The lounges have great food, wifi, magazines and newspapers, games rooms for kids, beauticians, showers and comfortable places to relax until your flight. It's much nicer than waiting in the main terminal and I'd usually spend that much on food, drinks and magazines anyway.

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Translations for terminal

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  • terminalCatalan, Valencian
  • terminálCzech
  • terminalDanish
  • Terminal, BahnhofGerman
  • σταθμός, μοιραία ασθένεια, τελικός, τερματικός σταθμός, τερματικό, σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός, έσχατος, ληκτικός, καταληκτική ασθένειαGreek
  • terminalSpanish
  • pääte, pääte-emulaattori, terminaali, pääteasema, terminaalinen, terminaaliemulaattoriFinnish
  • gare, aérogare, terminal, stationFrench
  • ceann-rèileScottish Gaelic
  • בית נתיבותHebrew
  • terminalItalian
  • ターミナル, 端末, 末期, エアターミナル, 駅, 終着駅Japanese
  • 공항터미널, 터미널, 역Korean
  • terminalNorwegian
  • śmiertelny, dworzec czołowy, końcowy, graniczny, terminalPolish
  • terminalPortuguese
  • stație, gară, terminalRomanian
  • терминал, станция, аэровокзал, конечный, конечная станция, вокзал, смертельныйRussian
  • terminal, dödligSwedish

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