terminal

nouns

station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

pole, terminal

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"

end, terminal

electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

terminal

is a type of (narrower)

equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

"freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"

terminal

pertains to

relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

"terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"

terminal

pertains to

being or situated at an end

"the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"

terminal

antonym

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"

concluding, final, last, terminal

causing or ending in or approaching death

"a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"

terminal

is similar to

bringing death