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terminal in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. occurring at or forming an end or termination
    "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
    concluding  final  last  terminal 
  2. being or situated at an end
    "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
    terminal 
  3. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
    "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
    terminal 
  4. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
    "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"
    terminal 
  5. causing or ending in or approaching death
    "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"
    terminal 
noun
  1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    terminal  terminus  depot 
  2. either extremity of something that has length
    "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
    end  terminal 
  3. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
    terminal  pole 
  4. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
    terminal 
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