terminal

noun, adj, verb — 18 senses

terminal

noun

US /ˈtɚmɪnəl/

Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

13 senses
  1. 1A building in an airport where passengers transfer from…
  2. 2A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark…
  3. 3A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of…
  4. 4A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance…
  5. 5A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the…
  6. 6A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or…
  7. 7The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or…
  8. 8An electric contact on a battery.
  9. 9The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line…
  10. 10A device for entering data into a computer or a…
  11. 11A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
  12. 12A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
  13. 13The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the…
1

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

  • Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.
  • A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.
2

A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.

3

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

4

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.

5

A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.

6

A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.

7

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics 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.

8

An electric contact on a battery.

9

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

10

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.

11

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

12

Computing, Computing theory, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

13

Biology, Natural sciences The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Derived terms
28 termsair terminal, betting terminal, block-oriented terminal, cable terminal, coterminal, credit card terminal, C-terminal, data terminal equipment, dumb terminal, Earth terminal, glass terminal, handheld terminal, intelligent terminal, multiterminal, neoterminal, neuroterminal, nonterminal, N-terminal, oil terminal, payment terminal, POS terminal, pseudoterminal, rail terminal, smart terminal, terminal station, terminal strip, video lottery terminal, videoterminal
Related terms
term, terminable, terminate, terminus

terminal

adj

Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

1

Fatal; resulting in death.

  • terminal cancer
2

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

3

Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it

4

Archaic Occurring every term; termly.

  • a student's terminal fees
Synonyms
endly, final, late, endsome
Antonyms
non-terminal, early, initial
Derived terms
44 termsabterminal, amino-terminal, biterminal, carboxylterminal, carboxyterminal, carboxy-terminal, diterminal, dorsoterminal, extraterminal, frontoterminal, interterminal, intraterminal, midterminal, monoterminal, nonterminal, non-terminal symbol, preterminal, subterminal, supraterminal, terminal acetylene, terminal bronchiole, terminal burrowing, terminal cisterna, terminal control area, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, terminal figure, terminal hair, terminal illness, terminality, terminalize, terminal leave, terminally, terminal moraine, terminal object, terminal rally, terminal s, terminal sedation, terminal stria, terminal tackle, terminal velocity, terminize, terminomics, triterminal, uniterminal

terminal

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

1

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

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