terminal (terminals plural )
1 adj A terminal illness or disease causes death, often slowly, and cannot be cured.
usu ADJ n
...terminal cancer., ...his illness was terminal.
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terminally adv ADV adj
The patient is terminally ill.
2 n-count A terminal is a place where vehicles, passengers, or goods begin or end a journey.
usu supp N
Plans are underway for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport.
3 n-count A computer terminal is a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and a screen that is used for putting information into a computer or getting information from it. (COMPUTING)
Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
4 n-count On a piece of electrical equipment, a terminal is one of the points where electricity enters or leaves it.
...the positive terminal of the battery.