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Webster 1913 Edition

Terminal

Ter′mi-nal

(-nal)
,
Adj.
[L.
terminals
: cf. F.
terminal
. See
Term
,
Noun.
]
1.
Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity;
as, a
terminal
edge
.
2.
(Bot.)
Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating;
as, a
terminal
bud, flower, or spike
.
Terminal moraine
.
See the Note under
Moraine
.
–
Terminal statue
.
See
Terminus
,
Noun.
, 2 and 3.
–
Terminal velocity
.
(a)
The velocity acquired at the end of a body’s motion.
(b)
The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.

Ter′mi-nal

,
Noun.
1.
That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2.
(Eccl.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Terminal

TERM'INAL

,
Adj.
[from L. terminus.] In botany, growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as a terminal scape, flower or spike.
1.
Forming the extremity; as a terminal edge.

Definition 2024

terminál

terminál

See also: terminal and Terminal

Czech

Noun

terminál m

  1. terminal (a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes)
  2. terminal (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)
  3. terminal, terminal symbol (a terminal symbol in a formal grammar)

Antonyms

  • (terminal symbol): neterminál

Related terms

Hungarian

Noun

terminál

  1. terminal

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