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 term

6. of, at, or forming the end of a transportation line

7. Bot. growing at the end of a stem or branch [a terminal bud]

n.

1. a terminating part; end; extremity; limit

2. a connective device or point in or attached to an electric circuit or conductor

3.

☆ a) either end of a transportation line, as for an airplane, bus, or railroad, including servicing facilities, etc.

b) a station or city located there

c) a station at any important point or junction of a transportation line

4. a device, usually with a typewriter keyboard and a video screen, for putting information into, or getting it from, a computer, as over communication lines

5. Archit. an ornamental carving at the end of a structural element

terminally

adv.