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terminal

/ˈtɝmɪnəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
ter-mi-nal
IPA
/ˈtɝmɪnəl/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

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.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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.

noun

An electric contact on a battery.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈtɝmɪnəl/
  • British English: /ˈtɜːmɪnəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

terminals (plural) more terminal (comparative) most terminal (superlative) terminals (present, singular) terminaling (US, participle) terminalling (UK, participle) terminaled (US, participle) terminaled (US, past) terminalled (UK, participle) terminalled (UK, past)

Derived Forms

coterminal multiterminal neoterminal neuroterminal nonterminal pseudoterminal videoterminal abterminal biterminal carboxylterminal carboxyterminal diterminal

Phrases

air terminal betting terminal block-oriented terminal cable terminal credit card terminal C-terminal data terminal equipment dumb terminal

Frequently Paired Words

term terminable terminate terminus

Synonyms

endly final late endsome concluding last endmost terminus depot

Antonyms

non-terminal early initial

Questions

How do you pronounce terminal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɝmɪnəl/.
What does terminal mean?
A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
Where does terminal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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