terminator
See also: terminatör
English
Etymology
- Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or.
- (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧na‧tor
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
terminator (plural terminators)
- Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator. [from 17th c.]
- (computing) A text character that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
- (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. [from 17th c.]
- 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin 2016, p. 218:
- Harriot, looking at the moon, saw the irregular terminator, the highlights and shadows, the mountain ranges and valleys that Galileo had described – and he also convinced himself that he saw Galileo's imaginary crater.
- 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin 2016, p. 218:
- (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. [from 20th c.]
- (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
- (science fiction) An intelligent android created to destroy humans.
Synonyms
- (astronomy): grey line, separatrix (the general term for such lines)
Translations
one who terminates
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a DNA sequence
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an electrical device
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the line between the day side and the night side
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an AI machine in science fiction
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Anagrams
Latin
Noun
terminātor m (genitive terminātōris); third declension
- he who sets bounds
Etymology
Late Latin, from terminō (“define, limit, end”) + -tor, from terminus (“end, limit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ter.miˈnaː.tor/, [t̪ɛrmɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.miˈna.tor/, [t̪ermiˈnäːt̪or]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | terminātor | terminātōrēs |
Genitive | terminātōris | terminātōrum |
Dative | terminātōrī | terminātōribus |
Accusative | terminātōrem | terminātōrēs |
Ablative | terminātōre | terminātōribus |
Vocative | terminātor | terminātōrēs |
Verb
(deprecated template usage) terminātor
References
- “terminator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- terminator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- terminator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
terminator m pers (female equivalent terminatorka)
Declension
Declension of terminator
singular | plural | |
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nominative | terminator | terminatorzy/terminatory (deprecative) |
genitive | terminatora | terminatorów |
dative | terminatorowi | terminatorom |
accusative | terminatora | terminatorów |
instrumental | terminatorem | terminatorami |
locative | terminatorze | terminatorach |
vocative | terminatorze | terminatorzy |
Noun
terminator m inan
Declension
Declension of terminator
singular | plural | |
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nominative | terminator | terminatory |
genitive | terminatoru | terminatorów |
dative | terminatorowi | terminatorom |
accusative | terminator | terminatory |
instrumental | terminatorem | terminatorami |
locative | terminatorze | terminatorach |
vocative | terminatorze | terminatory |
Further reading
- terminator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- terminator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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