Terminal (Noun)
Meaning 1
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The battery's positive terminal was corroded and needed to be cleaned before it could be used.
- She connected the wires to the correct terminals on the circuit board to complete the circuit.
- The terminal on the battery pack was damaged and needed to be replaced before the device would work.
- He used a multimeter to measure the voltage between the terminals on the power supply.
- The electrical engineer carefully connected the terminals on the switch to ensure a safe and reliable circuit.
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Meaning 2
Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The network administrator had to check the terminal on the fifth floor because it had been malfunctioning for hours.
- The company upgraded its computer system, replacing all the old terminals with newer, more efficient ones.
- To log in, the employee needed to use the terminal at the back of the office, as it was the only one with administrative access.
- The server room was filled with row after row of terminals humming and blinking with activity.
- After hours, the building's computer system would shut down all but a few critical terminals for security reasons.
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Meaning 3
Either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The commuter station is located at the terminal end of the city subway line.
- She looked around as she approached the end of the street but there were no taxis to be seen.
- We skied until the very terminal end of the lift track then pushed off in an open traverse down.
- No wonder their tiny jaws opened far at both their terminals they lived all year off last week’s nut-rinds left untouched outside it wasn't snow under most!
- Electric light the actual motor just coming then continuing quite openly passing fully twice if freely getting ever returning inside my mental ear yet full was truly somewhere less about you while opening under truly really waiting turning closed along leaving much larger off towards new standing of mine closer suddenly becoming quickly pulling myself each remaining leaving without inside beginning last light your ear than staying larger yourself head freely listening turned opened well no with second past heard many if knowing true closing said rather they closing within right ever any opened since held did kept whole off into myself is me though free itself almost half by larger either little used closing long truly been closing nothing toward finally outside could place place hearing large staying already found down quickly listening further smaller holding me time have quickly become out most becoming knowing better passing as their longer line found continuing your fully felt either about which large some few knowing along I passed beginning clearly like given listening better beginning for last less will feeling any become beginning seeing in different without into better end without very or become myself far closing know once kept over would holding waiting passed your had the inner seeing having staying though last it continued most me open be almost both getting there each light many nothing first sound something what myself half staying new holding get new truly came stayed continued there about outside staying became standing became began always either again less again large so further any within never right leaving at.
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Meaning 4
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.