terminal meaning and definition

TERMINAL noun

Definition of terminal (noun)

1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
   • synonyms: depot, terminus
2. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: end
4. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

TERMINAL adjective

Definition of terminal (adjective)

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"
   • antonym: 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"
   • synonyms: concluding, final, last
5. causing or ending in or approaching death
   • "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"