terminal

  • 41terminal — ter|mi|nal1 [ tɜrmınl ] noun count ** 1. ) a large building where train, boat, or bus services start and finish a ) a large building at an airport where passengers arrive and leave 2. ) a computer screen and a keyboard connected to a computer… …

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  • 42Terminal — ► adjetivo 1 Que constituye el fin o término de una cosa o una situación: ■ enfermedad en fase terminal. 2 BOTÁNICA Se aplica al órgano que crece en el extremo de cualquier parte de la planta: ■ flores terminales; hojas terminales. ► sustantivo… …

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  • 43terminal — 1. Relating to the end; final. 2. Relating to the extremity or end of any body; e.g., the end of a biopolymer. 3. A termination, extremity, end, or ending. [L. terminus, a boundary, limit] amino t. amino t.. axon terminals the somewhat enlarged,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 44terminal — 01. We took the bus all the way to the [terminal] in downtown Pittsburgh, where my sister and her husband picked us up. 02. The [terminal] at the airport was full of people greeting and saying good bye to friends and family. 03. The doctor says… …

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  • 45terminal — ter|mi|nal1 [ˈtə:mınəl US ˈtə:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: terminalis, from terminus; TERM1] 1.) a terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death ▪ terminal cancer 2.) (in) terminal decline BrE in a state of becoming worse and… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46terminal — [1] A connecting point in an electric circuit. [2] When referring to the battery, it would indicate the two battery posts. See battery terminal center terminal field terminal Ford type terminal negative terminal outer terminal positive terminal …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 47terminal — adj. & n. adj. 1 a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness). 2 …

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  • 48Terminal X — El NCD 88k, un Terminal X de Network Computing Devices …

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  • 49terminal — 1 adj y s m y f Que constituye el fin o punto extremo de alguna cosa: una enfermedad terminal, terminales nerviosas 2 adj (Bot) Que está en el extremo de cualquier parte de una planta: inflorescencia terminal 3 s f Estación a la que llegan y de… …

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  • 50terminal — 1 adjective 1 a terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death: terminal cancer 2 terminal decline/decay the state of becoming worse and worse and never getting better: Britain s industrial base seems in a terminal decline. 3 terminal boredom …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English