| Noun | 1. | terminal - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goodscathode - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current station - a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" | |
| 2. | terminal - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leavesanode - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current electric battery, battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series tangency, contact - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" negative pole - the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate positive pole - the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate | |
| 3. | terminal - electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and displayelectronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) keyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | |
| Adj. | 1. | terminal - being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"last - coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" | |
| 2. | terminal - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges" | |
| 3. | terminal - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments" | |
| 4. | terminal - occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"closing - final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" | |
| 5. | terminal - causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" | |