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1. (adj.) terminal
situated at or forming the end or extremity of something:
a terminal bud.
2. terminal
occurring at or forming the end of a series, succession, or the like; closing; concluding.
3. terminal
pertaining to or lasting for a term or definite period; occurring at fixed terms or in every term:
terminal payments.
4. terminal
pertaining to, situated at, or forming the terminus of a railroad.
5. terminal
pertaining to or placed at a boundary, as a landmark.
6. terminal
occurring at or causing the end of life:
a terminal disease.
7. (n.) terminal
a terminal part of a structure.
8. terminal
a point of termination or a major junction within a transportation system.
9. terminal
the structures and service facilities located at a terminal.
10. terminal
any device for entering information into a computer or receiving information from it, as a keyboard with video display unit.
11. terminal
the mechanical device by which an electric connection to an apparatus is established.
12. terminal
the point where current enters or leaves any conducting component in an electric circuit.
13. terminal
a carving or the like at the end of something, as a finial.
Etymology: (1480–90; late ME < L terminālis <termin(us) end)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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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1. (noun) terminal
a large building where people get on or off airplanes, buses, etc.
Flights to Singapore depart from terminal 1.
2. (adjective) terminal
(of an illness) that will cause death
terminal cancer
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) terminal
of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge
2. (noun) terminal
growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike
3. (noun) terminal
that which terminates or ends; termination; extremity
4. (noun) terminal
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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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. terminal
The end of any open electric circuit, or of any electric apparatus; as the terminals of a circuit, dynamo, or battery.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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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.
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Sense: 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
an air terminal.
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 Afrikaans: terminus |
 Arabic: مَحَطَّة رُكاب ، مَحَطَّة |
 Bulgarian: терминал |
 Brazilian: terminal |
 Czech: letištní/odbavovací budov |
 German: der Terminal |
 Danish: terminal; -terminal |
 Greek: τερματικός σταθμός, κεντρ |
 Spanish: terminal |
 Estonian: terminaal |
 Farsi: ترمینال |
 Finnish: terminaali |
 French: aérogare |
 Hebrew: מָסוֹף, טֶרמִינָל |
 Hindi: आखिरी स्थान |
 Croatian: putnički terminal |
 Hungarian: terminál |
 Indonesian: terminal |
 Icelandic: flugstöð |
 Italian: terminal |
 Japanese: ターミナル |
 Korean: 터미널 |
 Lithuanian: (transporto) stotis, mazg |
 Latvian: lidosta; aviosabiedrības |
 Malay: terminal |
 Dutch: aankomst/vertrekhal |
 Norwegian: terminal |
 Polish: terminal |
 Portuguese: terminal |
 Romanian: aerogară |
 Russian: аэровокзал |
 Slovak: letisková budova |
 Slovenian: terminal |
 Serbian: terminal |
 Swedish: terminal |
 Thai: สถานีปลายทาง |
 Turkish: terminal |
 Taiwanese: (機場的)候機樓，售票處 |
 Ukrainian: термінал |
 Urdu: ايرپورٹ کا علاقہ |
 Vietnamese: gađón khách |
 Chinese: （机场的）候机楼，售票处 |
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