Terminal - Definition

adj 1: of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery
route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal
charges"
2: relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time;
"terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
3: being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal
buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal
syllable" [ant: intermediate]
4: 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" [syn:
concluding, final, last, terminal]
5: causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal
patient"; "terminal cancer"
n 1: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers
or goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot]
2: a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at
which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal,
pole]
3: 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" [syn: end, terminal]
4: electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access
to a computer; has a keyboard and display