Terminal
['tɜːmɪn(ə)l] or ['tɝmɪnl]
Definition
(noun.) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
(noun.) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
(noun.) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display.
(adj.) causing or ending in or approaching death; 'a terminal patient'; 'terminal cancer' .
(adj.) being or situated at an end; 'the endmost pillar'; 'terminal buds on a branch'; 'a terminal station'; 'the terminal syllable' .
(adj.) relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; 'terminal examinations'; 'terminal payments' .
(adj.) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; 'freight pickup is a terminal service'; 'terminal charges' .
Editor: Ramon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
(n.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
(n.) That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Limiting, bounding.[2]. Final, ultimate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Final, ultimate, marginal
ANT:Central, primal, preconclusive
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Examples
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Each plate section has a rod to connect it with its proper terminal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They bought tickets for Port Huron, the terminal point for the train. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this diagram A is one terminal of the battery connected by wire S to the hinge H of the box. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The other binding post of the commutator 3 extends to one terminal of an isolated primary coil 4, and the other terminal of this coil connects with the dynamo. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The spoons are connected with the negative terminal of the battery, while the slab of pure silver is connected with the positive terminal of the same battery. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The tail has a terminal dark bar, with the outer feathers externally edged at the base with white. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There is no charge for pilotage on vessels going directly through the canal without stopping to discharge cargo or passengers at the terminal ports. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison was, of course, well acquainted with the operators along the road and at the southern terminal, and took up his new duties very easily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The second sentry, thinking it was the terminal sentry who shouted, repeated it to the third, and so on. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In a railroad system there are usually two terminal stations and a number of way stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The two pointed pieces of hard conducting carbon used for the separated terminals constitute the voltaic arc light--a light only excelled in intense brilliancy by the sun itself. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By placing certain mixtures of carbon and sand, or of carbon and clay, between the terminals of a powerful current, a material resembling diamonds, but harder, has been produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The terminals of the wires _a_ and _b_ extend to the point of utilization of the current, whether this be electric lights, motors, or other applications. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An essential part of this relay consists of a swinging PERMANENT magnet, C, whose polarity remains fixed, that end between the terminals of the electromagnet being a north pole. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the push button is free, as in Figure 216, the cell terminals are not connected in an unbroken path, and hence the current does not flow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The coherer, invented by Branly in 1891, is a glass tube containing metal filings between two circuit terminals. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This armature consists of coils or bobbins of insulated wire, each section having its terminals connected with separate insulated plates on the hub, which plates are known as the commutator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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