terminal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Adjective 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

< French terminal < Late Latin terminalis (“‘pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final’”) < Latin terminus (“‘a bound, boundary, limit, end’”); see term, terminus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈtərmɪnəl/
  • SAMPA: /"t@rmIn@l/

[edit] Noun

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
3. In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
4. An electric contact on a battery.
5. In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
6. (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.
7. (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
8. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• term
• terminable
• terminally
• terminate
• terminus

[edit] Adjective

terminal (not comparable)

1. Fatal, resulting in death.
2. Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

[edit] External links

• terminal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• terminal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

terminal m.

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	terminal IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/	terminaux IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.no/
Feminine	terminale IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/	terminales IPA: /tɛʁ.mi.nal/

1. terminal

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terminal m. (plural terminaux)

1. terminal

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

terminal m. and f. (plural terminales)

1. final
2. deadly

[edit] Noun

terminal m. (plural terminales)

1. terminal
2. closure

[edit] Synonyms

• (closure): terminación

[edit] Related terms

• terminar