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Terminal   /tˈərmənəl/   Listen
noun
Terminal  n.  
1.
That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2.
(Eccl.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
3.
(Railroads)
(a)
The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.
(b)
Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings.
(c)
A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.
(d)
A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
4.
The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers.
5.
A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; also called bus terminal.
6.
The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; also called airline terminal.
7.
(Computers) An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; also called computer terminal.
freight terminal, a terminal used for loading or unloading of freight.


adjective
Terminal  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
2.
(Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
3.
(Railroads) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Terminal velocity.
(a)
The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.
(b)
The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.





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... southern border of the moon, and in the direction followed by the projectile, a few brilliant points outlined against the dark screen of the sky. They looked like a succession of sharp peaks with profiles in a tremulous line. They were rather brilliant. The terminal line of the moon looks the same when she is in ...
— The Moon-Voyage • Jules Verne
... revolver, and picking up the torch went into the terminal chamber. Four shots fired in quick succession reverberated immediately ...
— Kafir Stories - Seven Short Stories • William Charles Scully
... rounds, and Scarlet, which in the beginning had trailed applause behind it as a torch trails smoke, lagged now a little to the rear. Green was leading. Its leadership did not seem to please; it was cursed at and abused, threatened with naked fist; yet when for the sixth time it turned the terminal pillar, a shout that held the thunder of Atlas leaped abroad. Where the yellow car, pursued by the blue, had been, was now a mass of sickening agitation—twelve fallen horses kicking each other into pulp, the drivers brained already; ...
— Mary Magdalen • Edgar Saltus
... grand chorus by the audience standing; following this, precisely at 7:30 was the half-hour lecture-prelude on some scientific or practical subject. Among the topics treated were "Wrongs of Workingmen, and How to Right Them," "The Terminal Glacier," "Sewerage and Ventilation," "The Pyramids," "Wonders of the House we Live in," "Architecture ...
— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton
... November 6, White lost one shilling "at cards, in common room." He went from Selborne to Oxford, "in a post-chaise with Jenny Croke"; and he gave Jenny a "round Chinaturene." Tea cost eight shillings a pound in 1752, while rum-punch was but half a crown a bowl. White's highest terminal battels were but 12 pounds, though he was a hospitable man, and would readily treat the other Proctor to a bowl of punch. It is well to remember White and Johnson when the Gibbon of that or any other day bewails the intellectual ...
— Oxford • Andrew Lang


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