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 Definitions of terminus  [ˌnaɪ]  

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Definition of 'terminus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) terminus
the end or extremity of anything.

2.  terminus
either end of a railroad line.

3.  terminus
the station at the end of a railway or bus route.

4.  terminus
the point toward which anything tends; goal or end.

5.  terminus
a boundary or limit.

6.  terminus
a boundary post or stone.

7.  terminus
a herm.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < L: boundary, limit, end)

Definition of 'terminus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
a place where something ends or is complete

2. (noun) destination, terminus
the ultimate goal for which something is done

3. (noun) terminus, terminal figure, term
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

4. (noun) terminus
either end of a railroad or bus route

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


Definition of 'terminus' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) terminus
literally, a boundary; a border; a limit

2. (noun) terminus
the Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line

3. (noun) terminus
hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8

4. (noun) terminus
either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place


Definitions of 'terminus' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  terminus
in Roman mythology a deity who presided over boundaries, the worship of whom was instituted by Numa (q. v.).


Translation of 'terminus' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an end, especially of a railway or bus route
I get off at the bus terminus.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: terminus Arabic flag Arabic: نِهايَه، مَحَطَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: крайна точка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: terminal Czech flag Czech: konečná stanice German flag German: die Endstation
Danish flag Danish: endestation; -endestation Greek flag Greek: τέρμα, τερματικός σταθμός Spanish flag Spanish: estación de término, esta
Estonian flag Estonian: lõpp-peatus Farsi flag Farsi: آخر خط؛ انتها Finnish flag Finnish: päätepysäkki, terminaali
French flag French: terminus Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַחֲנָה סוֹפִית Hindi flag Hindi: अन्तिम स्टेशन
Croatian flag Croatian: krajnja postaja, krajnja Hungarian flag Hungarian: végállomás Indonesian flag Indonesian: ujung jalan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: endastöð Italian flag Italian: capolinea Japanese flag Japanese: 終着駅
Korean flag Korean: 종점 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: galinė stotis, žiedas Latvian flag Latvian: galastacija, galapunkts
Malay flag Malay: perhentian penghabisan Dutch flag Dutch: eindpunt Norwegian flag Norwegian: endestasjon
Polish flag Polish: końcowa stacja, pętla Portuguese flag Portuguese: paragem final Romanian flag Romanian: capăt
Russian flag Russian: конечная остановка Slovak flag Slovak: konečná stanica Slovenian flag Slovenian: končna postaja
Serbian flag Serbian: zadnja stanica Swedish flag Swedish: slut-,ändstation Thai flag Thai: สถานีปลายทาง
Turkish flag Turkish: son, bitiş, son durak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 終點(站) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кінцева станція
Urdu flag Urdu: ريلوے اور بس کا روٹ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ga cuối cùng Chinese flag Chinese: 终点站

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