terminator

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

exterminator

eradicator

stopping agent

terminal load

end mark

terminal symbol

terminating load

terminating symbol

termination agent

terminator program

terminate load

concluder

termination symbol

finisher

Translations

terminateur

facteur de terminaison

terminador

Terminator

sonlandırıcı

Abschlussprogramm

Endezeichen

terminador

Tag-Nacht-Grenze

εξολοθρευτής

τελειωτής

μονάδα τερματισμού

Terminierung

exterminador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/

Etymology

* 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.