Terminal Definition
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English
Etymology
< French terminal < Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”) < Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”); see term, terminus.
Pronunciation
Noun
terminal (plural terminals)
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- (computing) In the context of computer hardware, 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.
- (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
Related terms
- coterminal
- term
- terminable
- terminally
- terminate
- terminus
Adjective
terminal (not comparable)
- 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.
Translations
fatal, resulting in death
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External links
- terminal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- terminal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/
- Homophones: terminale, terminales
Adjective
terminal m. (f. terminale, m. plural terminaux, f. plural terminales)
Noun
terminal m. (plural terminaux)
Polish
Noun
terminal m.
Declension
declension of terminal| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terminal | terminale |
| genitive | terminalu (terminala) | terminali /terminalów |
| dative | terminalowi | terminalom |
| accusative | terminal | terminale |
| instrumental | terminalem | terminalami |
| locative | terminalu | terminalach |
| vocative | terminalu | terminale |
Spanish
Adjective
terminal m. and f. (plural terminales)
Noun
terminal m. (plural terminales)
Synonyms
- (closure): terminación
Related terms
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