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    Terminal

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route 2 | adjective | relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time 3 | adjective | being or situated at an end 4 | adjective | occurring at or forming an end or termination 5 | adjective | causing or ending in or approaching death 6 | noun | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods 7 | noun | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves 8 | noun | either extremity of something that has length 9 | noun | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display (9 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    t'ermuhnuhl (IPA: tˈɝmənəl)

    Hyphenation

    ter-mi-nal (8 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1459 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (566 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    terminals

    Synonyms

    ultimate | concluding | final | last | depot | terminus | electrode | pole | end (total: 9)

    Antonym

    intermediate

    Narrower terms

    airport terminal | air terminal | bus depot | bus station | bus terminal | cathode | coach station | railroad station | railroad terminal | railway station | subway station | train depot | train station | anode | negative pole | ... (total: 40)

    Broader terms

    station | contact | tangency | extremity | electronic equipment (total: 5)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    germinal

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    terminal emulation | terminal figure | terminal leave | terminal point | terminal velocity (total: 5)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 總站 (noun) Hindi: | टर्मिनल (noun) Arabic: | مَحَطَّة (noun) Spanish: | terminal (data processing) | terminal (aviation) French: | terminal (data processing) | aérogare (aviation)

    Other notable uses

    Lamin Koto Terminal (Gambia, 439 people)

    The Terminal | Terminal Entry

    terminal.com | terminal.org | terminal.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Bus depot | Computer adjunct (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)

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