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US
/ˈtɝmənəɫ/
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[ UK /tˈɜːmɪnəl/ ]
[ UK /tˈɜːmɪnəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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occurring at or forming an end or termination
terminal leave
his concluding words came as a surprise
the last days of the dinosaurs
the final chapter -
relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
terminal payments
terminal examinations -
causing or ending in or approaching death
a terminal patient
terminal cancer -
being or situated at an end
the terminal syllable
the endmost pillar
terminal buds on a branch
a terminal station -
of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
terminal charges
freight pickup is a terminal service
NOUN
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
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either extremity of something that has length
the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
they rode to the end of the line
she knotted the end of the thread
the end of the pier - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
How To Use terminal In A Sentence
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- Plans include occasional stops at Central Terminal, which saw its last passenger train in 1979, and special excursions through the region to destinations such as Niagara Falls, Medina, Jamestown and even Cleveland. The Buffalo News: Home
- Corymbis et Cymi axillaribus et terminalibus pauci capitat. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- The nerves are the terminal branches of the right and left vagi, the former being distributed upon the back, and the latter upon the front part of the organ. XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach
- Network operations and management will provide the monitoring and control of gateway terminals, teleports and communications payloads that are working as network resources.
- _Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- Use hydrogen and halogens as terminal atoms (except for boranes and interhalogen compounds) and then use the least electronegative atom as the central atom.
- Why is a bus terminal called after the soft drink? Times, Sunday Times
- The decision on the terminal point for retreat should depend on the situation as a whole.
- The oil terminal is in the narrow strait that separates the island from the mainland.
