terminal

ter·mi·nal  (tûrm-nl)

adj.

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.

n.

1. A point or part that forms the end.

2. An ornamental figure or object placed at the end of a larger structure; a finial.

3. Electricity

a. A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken.

b. A passive conductor at such a position used to facilitate the connection.

4.

a. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus.

b. A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line.

c. A town at the end of a transportation line.

5. 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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[Middle English, from Latin terminlis, from terminus, boundary.]

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termi·nal·ly adv.

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terminal [ˈtɜːmɪn^əl]

adj

1. of, being, or situated at an end, terminus, or boundary a terminal station terminal buds

2. of, relating to, or occurring after or in a term terminal leave

3. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a disease) terminating in death terminal cancer

4. Informal extreme terminal boredom

5. (Business / Commerce) of or relating to the storage or delivery of freight at a warehouse a terminal service

n

1. a terminating point, part, or place

2. (Electronics)

a.  a point at which current enters or leaves an electrical device, such as a battery or a circuit

b.  a conductor by which current enters or leaves at such a point

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a device having input/output links with a computer but situated at a distance from the computer

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect

a.  an ornamental carving at the end of a structure

b.  another name for term [10]

5. (Transport / Railways)

a.  a point or station usually at the end of the line of a railway, serving as an important access point for passengers or freight

b.  a less common name for terminus

6. a purpose-built reception and departure structure at the terminus of a bus, sea, or air transport route

7. a site where raw material is unloaded, stored, in some cases reprocessed, and reloaded for further transportation, esp an onshore installation designed to receive offshore oil or gas from tankers or a pipeline

8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Physiol

a.  the smallest arteriole before its division into capillaries

b.  either of two veins that collect blood from the thalamus and surrounding structures and empty it into the internal cerebral vein

c.  the portion of a bronchiole just before it subdivides into the air sacs of the lungs

[from Latin terminālis, from terminus end]

terminally  adv

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terminal  (tûrm-nl)

1. Electricity

2. A position in a circuit or device at which a connection can be made or broken. See Note at battery.

3. Computer Science A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, by which one can read, enter, or manipulate information in a computer system.

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A facility designed to transfer cargo from one means of conveyance to another. (Conveyance is the piece of equipment used to transport cargo; i.e., railcar to truck or truck to truck. This is as opposed to mode, which is the type of equipment; i.e., ship to rail, rail to truck.) See also facility.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	terminal - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods depot, terminus 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
	2.	terminal - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves pole 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
	3.	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" end 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
	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.	1.	terminal - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"
	2.	terminal - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
	3.	terminal - being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" 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"
	4.	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" concluding, final, last closing - final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"
	5.	terminal - causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" fatal - bringing death

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terminal

adjective

1. fatal, deadly, lethal, killing, mortal, incurable, inoperable, untreatable terminal cancer

2. dying, incurable, near death a hospital for terminal patients

3. final, last, closing, finishing, concluding, ultimate, terminating Endowments pay a terminal bonus at maturity.
final first, opening, beginning, initial, commencing, introductory

4. end, extreme the terminal part of the vertebrate intestine

5. complete, total, absolute, utter, real, thorough, downright, out-and-out Anti-government uprising had threatened terminal chaos.

noun

1. terminus, station, depot, end of the line Only the original ochre facade of the nearby railway terminal remains.

2. workstation, monitor, PC, VDU, visual display unit He sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.

Translations

terminal [ˈtɜːmɪnl]

A. ADJ

1. (= incurable) [cancer, patient, case] → terminal, en fase terminal
the government's problems may be terminal → los problemas del gobierno pueden no tener solución
to be in (a state of) terminal decline → estar en un estado de declive irreversible

2. (= utter) [boredom] → mortal; [adolescent] → incorregible, impenitente
an act of terminal stupidity → un acto de una estupidez supina

B. N

1. (Elec) → borne m, polo m (Comput) → terminal m

2. [of bus, train] → terminal f
terminal building → edificio m de la terminal

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terminal [ˈtɜː^rmɪn^əl]

adj [stage, phase] → terminal(e); [disease] → en phase terminale; [patient] → en phase terminale

n

[airport] → terminal m, aérogare f

(also bus terminal) → gare f routière

(also rail terminal) → terminal m ferroviaire

(also ferry terminal) → terminal m

(COMPUTING) → terminal m

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) [battery] → borne f

(for oil, ore) → terminal m
an oil terminal → un terminal pétrolier

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terminal

adj

(= final) → End-; (Med: = incurable) illness, patient → unheilbar; (= for the dying) care → für Sterbende; (= dire) problem → fatal; terminal stage (of illness etc) → Endstadium nt; he’s a terminal case → er ist unheilbar krank; to be in terminal decline → sich in unaufhaltsamem Niedergang befinden

(inf: = utter) boredom → endlos; stupidity → bodenlos; adolescent → ewig; workaholic → extrem

(Bot, Anat, = on extremity) → am Ende befindlich

n

(Rail) → Endbahnhof m; (for tramway, buses) → Endstation f; (= container terminal) → Containerterminal m; air or airport terminal → (Flughafen)terminal m, → Flughafengebäude nt; cargo terminal → Frachtterminal m; ferry terminal → Fährterminal m; passenger terminal → Passagierterminal m; railway (Brit) or railroad (US) terminal → Zielbahnhof m; sea terminal → Seehafenanleger m

(Elec) → Pol m

(Comput) → Terminal nt

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terminal:

terminal station

n (Rail) → Endbahnhof m

terminal velocity

n (Phys) → Endgeschwindigkeit f

terminal voltage

n (Elec) → Klemmenspannung f

terminal ward

n → Sterbestation f

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terminal [ˈtɜːmɪn/əl]

1. adj (patient) → incurabile, terminale; (disease) → letale; (stages) → finale, terminale, conclusivo/a

2. n

a. (Elec, Comput) → terminale m

b. (of bus) → capolinea m; (of train) → stazione f terminale (Aer) (depot, for oil, containers) → terminal m inv

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terminal [ˈtɜːmɪn/əl]

1. adj (patient) → incurabile, terminale; (disease) → letale; (stages) → finale, terminale, conclusivo/a

2. n

a. (Elec, Comput) → terminale m

b. (of bus) → capolinea m; (of train) → stazione f terminale (Aer) (depot, for oil, containers) → terminal m inv

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terminal

n terminal [ˈtəːminəl]

1 a building containing the arrival and departure areas for passengers at an airport or one in the centre of a city or town where passengers can buy tickets for air travel etc and can be transported by bus etc to an airport an air terminal. terminus مَحَطَّة رُكاب ، مَحَطَّة شِراء تَذاكِر طَيَران терминал letištní/odbavovací budova terminal; -terminal der Terminal τερματικός σταθμός, κεντρικό κτήριο αερολιμένα terminal terminaal ترمینال terminaali aérogare מָסוֹף, טֶרמִינָל आखिरी स्थान putnički terminal terminál terminal flugstöð terminal ターミナル 터미널 (transporto) stotis, mazgas lidosta; aviosabiedrības pārstāvniecība terminal aankomst/vertrekhal terminal terminal terminal aerogară аэровокзал letisková budova terminal terminal terminal สถานีปลายทาง terminal (機場的)候機樓，售票處 термінал ايرپورٹ کا علاقہ ga đón khách （机场的）候机楼，售票处

2 a usually large station at either end of a railway line, or one for long-distance buses a bus terminal. terminus مَحَطَّة قِطار начална/крайна спирка konečná stanice terminal; -terminal die Endstation σταθμός λεωφορείων terminal lõppjaam ترمینال asema terminus מָסוֹף, טֶרמִינָל विद्युत चक्र का अन्तिम सिरा krajnja željeznička ili autobusna postaja pályaudvar stasiun umferðarmiðstöð stazione; capolinea 終着駅 종착역 (galinė) stotis galastacija perhentian eindstation endestasjon, terminal stacja końcowa terminal gară/staţie terminus (авто)вокзал konečná stanica končna postaja terminal terminal, slut-, ändstation สถานี terminal, gar (火車、汽車的)終點站 кінцева станція; вокзал ريلوے لائن کا آخري اسٹيشن ga cuối （火车、汽车的）终点站

3 in an electric circuit, a point of connection to a battery etc the positive/negative terminal. terminaal طَرَف تَوْصيل، مِرْبَط клема koncovka pol der Pol πόλος borne klemm نقطه اتصال napa borne קוֹטֶב सिरा pol (baterije) kivezetés terminal skaut, póll, úttak terminale 電極 단자 gnybtas spaile terminal contact pol, kontakt zacisk terminal bornă клемма koncovka pol pol pol ขั้วปลายสายไฟ uç, kutup 接頭 полюс; клема ايک اليکٹرک سرکٹ cực 接头

4 a device linked to a computer by which the computer can be operated. terminaal وِحْدَةٌ طَرَفِيَّه терминал terminál terminal das Endstück τερματικό terminal terminal پایانه pääte terminal מָסוֹף टर्मिनल korisnički uređaj računala, računalni terminal terminál terminal útstöð terminale 端末 단말기 terminalas termināls pangkalan terminal terminal terminal terminal terminal терминал terminál terminal terminal terminal ขั้วไฟฟ้า terminal, uçbirim 終端(設備) термінал کمپيوٹر کا ايک جز thiết bị đầu cuối 终端（设备）

adj

(of an illness etc) in the final stage before death This ward is for patients with terminal cancer. terminale نِهائي неизлечим v konečném stadiu dødelig; terminal End-,im Endstadium που βρίσκεται στο τελευταίο στάδιο terminal parandamatu, pöördumatu کشنده؛ نزدیک به مرگ terminaali- en phase terminale סוֹפָנִי अंत का, अंतिम, आधिरी, किसी क्रम के अन्त का terminalni, završni végállapotú tahap menjelang ajal ólæknandi, sem er á lokastigi terminale 末期の (병의) 말기의 paskutinės stadijos pēdējā stadijā yg boleh membawa maut terminaal uhelbredelig nieuleczalny fatal în fază terminală неизлечимый v konečnom štádiu v zadnjem stadiju neizlečiv dödlig, obotlig ที่อยู่ในระยะสุดท้าย şifasız 晚期的 невиліковний موت سے پہلے کا مرحلہ bệnh nhân giai đoạn cuối 晚期的

adv terminally

terminaal نِهائِيّاً накрая čtvrtletně uhelbredeligt letzt κατά το τέλος en fase terminal lõplikult بطور لاعلاج؛ در پایان parantumattomasti tous les trimestres בַּסוֹף सावधिकता से na kraju, na završetku befejezésül, végül tak tersembuhkan á hverri námsönn, á hverju tímabili (in fase terminale) 末期に 종말에, 말단에 mirtinai, nepagydomai beigās; nobeidzot; galēji menghidap penyakit yg membawa maut terminaal uhelbredelig; endelig nieuleczalnie, śmiertelnie fatalmente trimestrial неизлечимо štvrťročne v vsakem semestru neizlečivo i slutskedet โดยอยู่ในระยะสุดท้าย şifasız; ölümcül derecede 晚期地 невиліковно آخر ميں cuối cùng 晚期地

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terminal → طرف, طرفي konečná stanice, nevyléčitelný dødelig, terminal Terminal, unheilbar έσχατος, τερματικό terminal kuolemaan johtava, terminaali final, terminal smrtan, terminal terminal, terminale ターミナル, 末期の (병이) 말기의, 종점 terminaal, terminal avslutning, avsluttende nieuleczalny, terminal terminal заключительный, конец obotlig, terminal ที่อยู่ในขั้นร้ายแรง, สถานีปลายทาง ölümcül, terminal chết người, ga cuối cùng 终端, 终端的