subterminal

sub·ter·mi·nal  (sb-tûrm-nl)

adj.

Located or occurring near an end.

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subterminal [sʌbˈtɜːmɪn^əl]

adj

almost at an end

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

subterminal - near but not precisely at an end; "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers" intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"