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Meaning of terminal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  terminal
      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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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