| terminal | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. depot, terminal, terminus | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. |
| ~ air terminal, airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight. |
| ~ bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers. |
| ~ cathode | the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. |
| ~ railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, train depot, train station | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods. |
| ~ station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose.; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" |
| ~ subway station | a terminal where subways load and unload passengers. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pole, terminal | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. |
| ~ anode | the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. |
| ~ electric battery, battery | a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. |
| ~ tangency, contact | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ negative pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate. |
| ~ positive pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate. |
| n. (location) | 3. end, terminal | 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" |
| ~ bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt. |
| ~ bitthead | the upper end of a bitt. |
| ~ heel | the lower end of a ship's mast. |
| ~ point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ magnetic pole, pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. |
| ~ railhead | the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway. |
| ~ terminus | either end of a railroad or bus route. |
| ~ yardarm | either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship. |
| ~ nerve end, nerve ending | the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse. |
| ~ telomere | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.; "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together" |
| ~ heel | one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread. |
| ~ end point, endpoint, terminus, termination | a place where something ends or is complete. |
| ~ destination, goal, finish | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey).; "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" |
| ~ extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point. |
| ~ tip | the extreme end of something; especially something pointed. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. terminal | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application. |
| ~ keyboard | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like. |
| ~ link-attached station, link-attached terminal, remote station, remote terminal | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link. |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. terminal | of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route.; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges" |
| adj. (pertain) | 6. terminal | relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time.; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments" |
| adj. | 7. terminal | being or situated at an end.; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" |
| adj. | 8. concluding, final, last, terminal | 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" |
| ~ closing | final or ending.; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" |
| adj. | 9. terminal | causing or ending in or approaching death.; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" |
| ~ fatal | bringing death. |
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