terminator

Signification (Anglais)

1. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
2. A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
3. The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
4. A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
5. An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
6. An intelligent android created to destroy humans.

Concepts

terminateur

facteur de terminaison

éradicateur

terminator

Synonymes

exterminator

eradicator

stopping agent

terminal load

end mark

terminal symbol

terminating load

terminating symbol

termination agent

terminator program

terminate load

concluder

termination symbol

finisher

Traductions

terminador

Terminator

sonlandırıcı

Endezeichen

Abschlussprogramm

terminador

εξολοθρευτής

المُنهي

μονάδα τερματισμού

terminatore

addetto alla disinfestazione

exterminador

límite de iluminación

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

* Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or.
* (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.