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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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... filing out of the various doors, they began work. Peter had planned his debouchments so as to split the mob into sections, knowing that each fragment pushed back rendered the remainder less formidable. First a sally was made from the terminal station, and after two lines of troops had been thrown across Forty-second Street, the second was ordered to advance. Thus a great tongue of the mob, which stretched towards Third Avenue, was pressed back, almost to ...
— The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him • Paul Leicester Ford
... crowds and out into the soft flurry of the storm. Flakes like pulled-out bits of cotton floated to their shoulders, resting there. Seventh Avenue, for the instant before the eye left the great Greek facade of the Pennsylvania Terminal, was like a dream of Athens seen through the dapple of white shadows. Immediately the eye veered, however, the great cosmopolis formed by street meeting avenue tore down the illusion. Another block and second-hand clothing shops ...
— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst
... in our time, and our architects are also engineers. We don't have to stop using a railroad terminal because a new station is being built. We don't have to stop any of the processes of our lives because we are rearranging the structures in which we conduct those processes. What we have to undertake is to systematize the foundations of the ...
— The New Freedom - A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People • Woodrow Wilson
... The yellow, dew-laid road down which I came still slumbered undisturbed; the village cows had not been milked, and the pasture slope, rounding with a feminine grace of curve and form, lay asleep, with its sedgy fingers trailing in the water; even the locomotive in the little terminal round-house over the hill was not awake and wheezing. But the creek people were stirring—except the frogs. They were growing sleepy. The long June night they had improved, soberly, philosophically; and now, seeing nothing worth while ...
— Roof and Meadow • Dallas Lore Sharp
... came from Malacca, and is jointed somewhat after the style of a Malacca cane, and of it the author says—"It is said that when the insect is attacked by its foe, or is in danger of attack, it has the power to protrude telescopically the tenth (terminal) segment, which has a mouth-like opening and a tongue-like organ which at once gives the creature the appearance of a snake. There is also a spot that answers to the appearance of an eye on the ...
— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield


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