terminal

Definitions of terminal in various dictionaries:

noun - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

noun - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

noun - either extremity of something that has length

noun - electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer

adj - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

adj - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

adj - being or situated at an end

adj - occurring at or forming an end or termination

adj - causing or ending in or approaching death

Of, relating to, situated at, or forming a limit, a boundary, an extremity, or an end.

Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part.

Of, relating to, occurring at, or being the end of a section or series; final.

Relating to or occurring in a term or each term: terminal inventories.

Causing, ending in, or approaching death; fatal: terminal cancer; terminal heart disease; a terminal patient.

A point or part that forms the end.

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

Electricity.

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

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

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

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

A town at the end of a transportation line.

A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, through which data or information can enter or leave a computer system.

noun - an end or extremity