terminal

plural terminals

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

   A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.

   1 more example

   Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.

2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of 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.
5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
7. businessThe end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
8. An electric contact on a battery.
9. communicationsThe apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
10. computingA device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
11. computingA computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
12. computingA terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
13. biologyThe end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
14. board gamesA tile numbered 1 or 9.

comparative more terminal · superlative most terminal

1. Fatal; resulting in death.

   terminal cancer

2. Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.

   Synonyms: endly, final, late, endsome

3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
4. archaicOccurring every term; termly.

   a student's terminal fees

present singular third person terminals · US participle present terminaling · UK participle present terminalling · US participle past terminaled · US past terminaled · UK participle past terminalled · UK past terminalled

1. To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.