terminal

Plural: terminals

Noun

• An end or extremity; a station at the end of a line.
• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
• either extremity of something that has length
  • "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
• electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
• A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
• A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
• A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
• A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
• A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
• A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
• The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
• An electric contact on a battery.
• The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
• 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.
• A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
• A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
• The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Adjective

• of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
  • "freight pickup is a terminal service"
  • "terminal charges"
• relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
  • "terminal examinations"
  • "terminal payments"
• being or situated at an end
  • "terminal buds on a branch"
  • "a terminal station"
  • "the terminal syllable"

Adjective Satellite

• occurring at or forming an end or termination
  • "terminal leave"
• causing or ending in or approaching death
  • "a terminal patient"
  • "terminal cancer"

Adj

• Fatal; resulting in death.
• Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
• Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
• Occurring every term; termly.

Verb

• To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Examples

• A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.
• He reached the terminal point of his rack, with only two letters remaining.
• Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.

Synonyms

concluding, depot, end, final, last, pole, terminus, endly, endsome, late

Antonyms

intermediate, early, initial, non-terminal

Related Words

term, terminable, terminate, terminus

Anagrams of terminal