terminal
adjective
1. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- freight pickup is a terminal service
- terminal charges
2. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- terminal examinations
- terminal payments
3. being or situated at an end
- terminal buds on a branch
- a terminal station
- the terminal syllable
4. occurring at or forming an end or termination
- terminal leave
Similar word(s): closing, concluding, final, last
5. causing or ending in or approaching death
- a terminal patient
- terminal cancer
Similar word(s): fatal
Sentences with terminal as an adjective:
- (example) terminal cancer
noun
1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Similar word(s): depot, terminus
Definition categories: man–made, station
2. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Similar word(s): pole
Definition categories: man–made, contact, tangency
3. either extremity of something that has length
- the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Similar word(s): end
Definition categories: location, extremity
4. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
Definition categories: man–made