Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 32436 6912153 2009-07-01T01:56:30Z Yair rand 224635 /* Noun */ {{wikipedia|dab=terminal}} ==English== ===Etymology=== < {{etyl|fr}} {{term|terminal|lang=fr}} < {{LL.}} {{term|terminalis||pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|terminus||a bound, boundary, limit, end}}; see [[term]], [[terminus]]. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|US}} ** {{IPA|/ˈtərmɪnəl/}} ** {{SAMPA|/"t@rmIn@l/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A building in an [[airport]] where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board [[airplanes]]. # A [[rail]] [[station]] where [[service]] begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. # In [[electronics]], the end of a line where [[signal]]s are either [[transmit]]ted or [[receive]]d, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to [[apparatus]]. # An [[electric]] [[contact]] on a [[battery]]. # In [[telecommunications]], the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a [[telephone]] or [[network]] [[device]]. # {{computing}} In the context of [[computer]] [[hardware]], a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a [[keyboard]] and some sort of [[textual]] [[display]]. # {{computing}} A computer [[program]] that [[emulate]]s a terminal (6). # {{comptheory}} A [[terminal symbol]] in a [[formal grammar]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|airport building}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|בית נתיבות|tr=beit niteevot|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Related terms==== * [[term]] * [[terminable]] * [[terminally]] * [[terminate]] * [[terminus]] ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|-}} # [[fatal|Fatal]], resulting in [[death]]. # Appearing at the [[end]], [[top]] or [[apex]] of a physical object. # Occurring at the end of a [[word]], [[sentence]], or period of [[time]]. ===External links=== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[Category:Death]] ---- ==French== ===Adjective=== {{fr-adj-al|termin|tɛʁ.mi.n}} # [[#English|terminal]] ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m|pl=terminaux}} # [[#English|terminal]] ---- ==Spanish== ===Adjective=== {{es-adj|pl=terminales}} # [[final]] # [[deadly]] ===Noun=== {{es-noun-m|pl=terminales}} # [[terminal#English|terminal]] # [[closure]] ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|closure}} [[terminación]] ====Related terms==== * [[terminar]] [[de:terminal]] [[et:terminal]] [[el:terminal]] [[fa:terminal]] [[fr:terminal]] [[ko:terminal]] [[io:terminal]] [[it:terminal]] [[lt:terminal]] [[hu:terminal]] [[pl:terminal]] [[ru:terminal]] [[simple:terminal]] [[fi:terminal]] [[tl:terminal]] [[ta:terminal]] [[tr:terminal]] [[vi:terminal]] [[zh:terminal]]