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Definitions of 'terminal'  

1. (noun) terminal, terminus, depot
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

2. (noun) terminal, pole
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

3. (noun) end, terminal
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. (adj) terminal
electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

5. (adj) terminal
of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
"freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"

6. (adj) terminal
relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
"terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"

7. (adj) terminal
being or situated at an end
"the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"

8. (adj) concluding, final, last, terminal
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. (adj) terminal
causing or ending in or approaching death
"a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"


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