- terminal
- terminal [tʉr′mə nəl]adj.[L terminalis]1. of, at, or forming the end, extremity, or terminus of something [terminal feathers]2. occurring at the end of a series; concluding; closing; final [a terminal payment]3. designating, of, or having a fatal disease in its final stages [terminal cancer, to be diagnosed as terminal]4. Informal extreme or excessive [terminal cuteness]5. having to do with a term or established period of time; occurring regularly in each term6. of, at, or forming the end of a transportation line7. Bot. growing at the end of a stem or branch [a terminal bud]n.1. a terminating part; end; extremity; limit2. a connective device or point in or attached to an electric circuit or conductor3.☆ a) either end of a transportation line, as for an airplane, bus, or railroad, including servicing facilities, etc.b) a station or city located therec) a station at any important point or junction of a transportation line4. a device, usually with a typewriter keyboard and a video screen, for putting information into, or getting it from, a computer, as over communication lines5. Archit. an ornamental carving at the end of a structural elementterminallyadv.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.