Meanings
comparative more terminally · superlative most terminally
- In a terminal manner.
- Leading to death; lasting until death.
terminally ill
- governmentTo the target.
terminally guided
- Located at the end.
In its simplest form this approach uses a lattice with a single chain terminally attached to the interface.
2005, Terence Cosgrove, Colloid Science: Principles, methods and applications, page 1191 more example
[…] some of the feathers (especially posterior scapulars) with the broad edgings more rufescent and passing into whitish terminally; […]
1919, Robert Ridgway, Herbert Friedmann, The Birds of North and Middle America, Part 8, Issue 1919, page 276
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
- Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
- Proto-Italic*termn̥
- Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
- Latinterminus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinterminālis
- Englishterminal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishterminally
Cite this entry
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