Meaning

13 senses
  1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

    Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.

    A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.

    Terminal

    аэровокза́лaerovokzál, термина́лterminál

    аеровокза́лaerovokzál, терміна́лterminál

  2. A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.

    station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

  3. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

  4. A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.

  5. A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.

  6. A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.

  7. The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.

  8. An electric contact on a battery.

    a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

  9. The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

    Endbahnhof, Endstation

    коне́чная ста́нцияkonéčnaja stáncija

  10. 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.

    Terminal

    термина́лterminál

    терміна́лterminál

    electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

  11. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

    Terminal

    термина́лterminál

    терміна́лterminál

  12. A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. Where is the bus terminal?

    Де знаходиться автостанція?

    ruГде находится автобусная остановка?

    deWo ist der Busbahnhof?

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  2. Where is the south terminal?

    Де знаходиться південний термінал?

    ruГде находится южный терминал?

    deWo ist der Südbahnhof?

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  3. Tom is terminal.

    Том хворий на смертельну хворобу.

    deTom ist im Endstadium.

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  4. Tom didn't know he had terminal cancer.

    ruТом не знал, что у него рак в терминальной стадии.

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  5. We ran into them at the bus terminal.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
airport building:
Русский
By meaning 3
computing - the end of a line of signals:
airport building:
last railway station on a line:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
airport building:
last railway station on a line:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, fi

Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to a boundary or to the end, terminal, final”), from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end”). See term, terminus.

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Forms

plural: terminals
Singularterminal
Pluralterminals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods:terminusdepot
  • a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves:pole
  • either extremity of something that has length:end

Word family

24 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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