terminal

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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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  • The first person she called after she left my terminal was a divorce shark My sympathies. —  Analog SFF, November 2006
  • Contained on the main board of such a terminal was a small portion of memory and firmware (software hardwired into the board itself). —  Maximum Security -- Ch 29 -- Telnet-Based Attacks
  • MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal -- connected to a host computer directly, by modem, or over the Internet. —  EmploymentDigest
  • Another big development in Winter Haven is CSX's intermodal terminal, which is scheduled to break ground sometime in the latter half of the year, said Ron Morrow, a local project manager for CSX. —  news | LL | http://www.theledger.com
  • If the voltage drop reading is still higher than 0.5 when checked at the M-terminal or lower when checked at the B-terminal, the concern is in the solenoid contacts. —  Lincoln vs Cadillac
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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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/ˈtərmɪnəl/
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