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  1. adjective Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end.
  2. adjective Botany Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part.
  3. adjective Of, at, relating to, or being the end of a section or series; final. See Synonyms at last1.
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  • No one in the terminal was the same person they had been just a few minutes before. —  Mission Of Honor
  • Emiliano Paz smiled at them. —  The Mystery of the Headless Horse
  • "Was he out there very long, sir?" —  The Mystery of the Headless Horse
  • Travis drew in a deep breath then shook his head. —  The Summer Girl
  • "my terminal is a lethal teaspoon." —  The Fortune Cookie File from Karl Lehenbauer Part 7
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin terminālis, from terminus, boundary.

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  1. from French terminal = Provencal termenal = Spanish Portuguese terminal = Italian terminale, 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.
 

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