terminal
adjective
[ ˈtəːmɪn(ə)l ]
• forming or situated at the end or extremity of something.
• "a terminal date"
• (of a disease) predicted to lead to death, especially slowly; incurable.
• "terminal cancer"
• done or occurring each school, college, university, or law term.
• "terminal examinations"
terminal
noun
• the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at such a point.
• "a freight terminal"
• a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
• "battery terminals"
• a device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer system and which displays the received output.
• another term for terminus (sense 3 of the noun).
• a patient suffering from a terminal illness.
Origin:
early 19th century: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.
