terminal

ter-mi-nal · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A building at an airport where passengers arrive and depart.

  2. 2.

    [computing]A device or program for inputting and displaying data.

  3. 3.

    An endpoint of a transportation route.

  4. 4.

    [as adjective]Fatal; incurable.

Forms

plural: terminals

Related words

Synonyms: endpoint, station

Etymology

From Latin terminalis ("pertaining to a boundary"), from terminus ("end, limit").