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ter·mi·nus

(tûr′mə-nəs)

n. pl. ter·mi·nus·es or ter·mi·ni (-nī′)

1. The final point; the end.

2. An end point on a transportation line or the town in which it is located.

a. A boundary or border.

b. A stone or post marking a border.

[Latin.]

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terminus

(ˈtɜːmɪnəs)

n, pl -ni (-naɪ) or -nuses

1. the last or final part or point

2. (Railways) either end of a railway, bus route, etc, or a station or town at such a point

3. a goal aimed for

4. a boundary or boundary marker

5. (Architecture) architect another name for term¹⁰

[C16: from Latin: end; related to Greek termōn boundary]

Terminus

(ˈtɜːmɪnəs)

(Classical Myth & Legend) the Roman god of boundaries

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ter•mi•nus

(ˈtɜr mə nəs)

n., pl. -ni (-ˌnaɪ)
-nus•es.

1. the end or extremity of anything.

2. either end of a railroad line.

3. the station at the end of a railway or bus route.

4. the point toward which anything tends; goal or end.

5. a boundary or limit.

6. a boundary post or stone.

7. a herm.

[1545–55; < Latin: boundary, limit, end]

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Noun	1.	terminus - a place where something ends or is complete end point, endpoint, termination end, terminal - 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"
	2.	terminus - the ultimate goal for which something is done destination goal, end - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
	3.	terminus - (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome terminal figure, term statue - a sculpture representing a human or animal architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
	4.	terminus - either end of a railroad or bus route end, terminal - 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"
	5.	terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods depot, terminal air terminal, airport terminal - a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, coach station - a terminal that serves bus passengers cathode - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, train depot, train station - terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods station - a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" subway station - a terminal where subways load and unload passengers transportation, transportation system, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

terminus

noun end of the line, terminal, station, depot, last stop, garage the London terminus of the Channel Tunnel rail link

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terminus

noun

A concluding or terminating:

cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, wind-up, wrap-up.

Translations

نِهايَه، مَحَطَّه

konečná stanice

=-endestationendestation

Endstation

terminus

végállomás

endastöî

capolinea

galinė stotis

galastacija, galapunkts

Термин

končna postaja

bitişsonson durak

终点站

terminus

[ˈtɜːmɪnəs] N (terminuses, termini (pl))

1. (Rail) → estación f terminal

2. [of buses] (= last stop) → última parada f, final f del recorrido; (= building) → terminal f

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terminus

[ˈtɜː^rmɪnəs] [termini] [ˈtɜː^rmɪnaɪ] (pl) n → terminus m inv

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terminus

n (Rail, bus) → Endstation f

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terminus

[ˈtɜːmɪnəs] n (termini (pl)) [ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ] (of bus) → capolinea m; (of train) → stazione f terminale; (building) (Rail) → stazione f di testa

terminus

(ˈtəːminəs) noun

an end, especially of a railway or bus route. I get off at the bus terminus.

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We were like tram-cars running on their lines from terminus to terminus, and it was possible to calculate within small limits the number of passengers they would carry.

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Huxtable's address in the country, and heard her order the cabman to drive to the Great Northern terminus. We believe she left by the nine o'clock train.

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Even the bustle and confusion at the railway terminus, so wearisome and bewildering at other times, roused me and did me good.

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Of that day, doomed to be her terminus in time through all the ages, she did not know the place in month, week, season or year.

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The general route of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway is as follows: Leaving Bombay, it passes through Salcette, crossing to the continent opposite Tannah, goes over the chain of the Western Ghauts, runs thence north-east as far as Burhampoor, skirts the nearly independent territory of Bundelcund, ascends to Allahabad, turns thence eastwardly, meeting the Ganges at Benares, then departs from the river a little, and, descending south-eastward by Burdivan and the French town of Chandernagor, has its terminus at Calcutta.

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As yet I am only pressing in at the entrance--a strait gate enough; it ought to have a good terminus." While I thus reasoned, Mr.

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His wife's dark blue brougham (with the wedding varnish still on it) met Archer at the ferry, and conveyed him luxuriously to the Pennsylvania terminus in Jersey City.

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He struck the edge of the door of the opposite terminus of the rocky tunnel with his knees, slipped backward, clutched desperately for a moment, and at last hung half within and half without the opening; but he was safe.

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Toward the close of evening Emily left the railway terminus for the place of residence in which loss of fortune had compelled her aunt to take refuge.

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There were very few people upon Platform Number Twenty-one of Liverpool Street Station at a quarter to nine on the evening of April 2 - possibly because the platform in question is one of the most remote and least used in the great terminus. The station-master, however, was there himself, with an inspector in attendance.

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In their stock exchange stand six hundred and forty one booths, each one the terminus of a private wire.

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But to this also, as to other evils under the sun, there came a period; and the victim of circumstances began at last to rumble toward the railway terminus at Waverley Bridge.