terminal

Meaning

Noun

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
7. The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
8. An electric contact on a battery.
9. The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
10. 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.
11. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
12. A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
13. The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.

Adj

1. Fatal; resulting in death.
2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
4. (archaic) Occurring every term; termly.

Verb

To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

Synonyms

terminus

final

end

🔚

last

ultimate

concluding

pole

terminal station

depot

ending

end point

tip

extremity

destination

terminal station

connector

termination

term

data terminal

incurable

terminal point

mortal

supreme

closing

determinate

clip

binding post

dock

electrode

climactical

definitive

definite

climactic

belly button

airport terminal

decadent

dead-end

caput

goal

fulcrum

dead end

fringe

head

hem

hilum

hub

finial

inoperable

interface

bourne

Translations

terminal

terminal

terminal

Terminal

terminal

terminale

τερματικό

terminal

final

uç

Klemme

🗜️

terminus

τελικός

πόλος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɚmɪnəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

Sentences

Part of this terminal utilises Cairnryan Lighterage Wharf .