Meaning & Definition of Terminal in English

1. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

2. A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

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"

4. Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer

• Has a keyboard and display

1. Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

• "Freight pickup is a terminal service"

• "Terminal charges"

2. Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

• "Terminal examinations"

• "Terminal payments"

3. Being or situated at an end

• "The endmost pillar"

• "Terminal buds on a branch"

• "A terminal station"

• "The terminal syllable"

4. 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"

5. Causing or ending in or approaching death

• "A terminal patient"

• "Terminal cancer"