terminal
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 (of a disease) terminating in death
terminal cancer
4 Informal extreme
terminal boredom
5 of or relating to the storage or delivery of freight at a warehouse
a terminal service
n
6 a terminating point, part, or place
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
8 (Computing) a device having input/output links with a computer but situated at a distance from the computer
a an ornamental carving at the end of a structure
b another name for →
term →
10
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
11 a purpose-built reception and departure structure at the terminus of a bus, sea, or air transport route
12 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
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
(C15: from Latin terminalis, from terminus end)
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terminally adv