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1. Meaning 1 · noun

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

2. Meaning 2 · noun

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

3. Meaning 3 · noun

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

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   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. Meaning 5 · noun

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

6. Meaning 6 · noun

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

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   An electric contact on a battery.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

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

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    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.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptid.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution.

15. Meaning 15 · adjective

    Fatal; resulting in death.

    “terminal cancer”

16. Meaning 16 · adjective

    Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.

17. Meaning 17 · adjective

    Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it

18. Meaning 18 · adjective

    Occurring every term; termly.

    “a student's terminal fees”

How this word is used

• Everyday “terminal cancer”
• General “a student's terminal fees”

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