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Terminal   /tˈərmənəl/   Listen
noun
Terminal  n.  
1.
That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2.
(Eccl.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
3.
(Railroads)
(a)
The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.
(b)
Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings.
(c)
A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.
(d)
A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
4.
The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers.
5.
A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; also called bus terminal.
6.
The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; also called airline terminal.
7.
(Computers) An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; also called computer terminal.
freight terminal, a terminal used for loading or unloading of freight.


adjective
Terminal  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
2.
(Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
3.
(Railroads) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Terminal velocity.
(a)
The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.
(b)
The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.





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"Terminal" Quotes from Famous Books



... told Archie to follow him carefully, and they, too, were soon flying away from the neighbourhood of the terminal, past hotels, stores, and dwellings, until they finally left the trolley-car, and passed through a cross street into a long, quiet thoroughfare which looked old enough to have been there for a hundred years. The houses ...
— The Adventures of a Boy Reporter • Harry Steele Morrison
... she will; and when she won't, she won't," he mused, gathering up his reins. But the terminal point to ...
— Other Things Being Equal • Emma Wolf
... is easy to understand the travel of the currents. Fig. 1 shows the station at rest. The current that arrives through L passes through the lightning protector, the body of the commutator, U, the terminal, v, and the call, W, bifurcates at P, and is closed by the earth. The inductor is in circuit, but, as it is in derivation, upon a very feeble resistance, v, nearly the whole of the current passes through the latter. When it ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various
... strips of lead or rods of carbon are connected to the terminals of an electric cell, as in Figure 208, and are then dipped into a solution of copper sulphate, the strip in connection with the negative terminal of the cell soon becomes thinly plated with a coating of copper. If a solution of silver nitrate is used in place of the copper sulphate, the coating formed will be of silver instead of copper. So long as the current ...
— General Science • Bertha M. Clark
... windows of two lights in each wall. The bookcases, of which there are eight on each side between the windows, with a half-case against the west wall, are rather larger than those at Corpus Christi College, being 10 feet high, and 2 feet 6 inches wide. They have a classical cornice and terminal pediment. The titles of the subjects are painted at the tops of the stalls as at Merton College. A few traces of chaining are still to be detected. The desks have not been altered. Each is in two divisions, as at Corpus, separated by a central bracket, and it has the slit to ...
— The Care of Books • John Willis Clark


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