terminal

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.

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