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    –adjective
  1. Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end.
  2. Botany Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part.
  3. Of, at, relating to, or being the end of a section or series; final. See Synonyms at last1.
  4. Relating to or occurring in a term or each term: terminal inventories.
  5. Causing, ending in, or approaching death; fatal: terminal cancer; a terminal patient.
    6. –noun
  6. A point or part that forms the end.
  7. An ornamental figure or object placed at the end of a larger structure; a finial.
  8. Electricity A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken.
  9. Electricity A passive conductor at such a position used to facilitate the connection.
  10. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus.
  11. A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line.
  12. A town at the end of a transportation line.
  13. Computer Science A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, through which data or information can be entered or displayed.

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

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