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TERMINAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("terminal" is a kind of...):
station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
subway station (a terminal where subways load and unload passengers)
Holonyms ("terminal" is a part of...):
transit; transportation; transportation system (a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Synonyms:
pole; terminal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("terminal" is a kind of...):
contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terminal"):
positive pole (the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate)
negative pole (the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate)
anode (the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)
Holonyms ("terminal" is a part of...):
electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)
battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("terminal" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Meronyms (parts of "terminal"):
keyboard (device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terminal"):
job-oriented terminal (a terminal designed for a particular application)
link-attached station; link-attached terminal; remote station; remote terminal (a terminal connected to a computer by a data link)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Either extremity of something that has length
Example:
the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Synonyms:
end; terminal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("terminal" is a kind of...):
extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terminal"):
tip (the extreme end of something; especially something pointed)
destination; finish; goal (the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey))
end point; endpoint; termination; terminus (a place where something ends or is complete)
heel (one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread)
telomere (either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome)
nerve end; nerve ending (the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse)
yardarm (either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship)
terminus (either end of a railroad or bus route)
railhead (the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway)
magnetic pole; pole (one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated)
point (sharp end)
heel (the lower end of a ship's mast)
bitthead (the upper end of a bitt)
bitter end ((nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing or ending in or approaching death
Example:
terminal cancer
Classified under:
Similar:
fatal (bringing death)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
Example:
terminal leave
Synonyms:
concluding; final; last; terminal
Classified under:
Similar:
closing (final or ending)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being or situated at an end
Example:
the terminal syllable
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
Example:
terminal payments
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
term (a limited period of time)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
Example:
terminal charges
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
terminus (either end of a railroad or bus route)
Context examples:
A 61 kD homodimeric alternative ANG2(443) product lacks 53 amino acids found in ANG2 encoded by exon B and part of the N-terminal coiled-coil domain.
(Angiopoietin-2, NCI Thesaurus)
The gamma-secretase activity requires the transmembrane protein Presenilin-1 that is itself cleaved into an N-terminal and C-terminal fragment that both are required for gamma-secretase activity.
(Amyloid Beta-Peptide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Amphetamine appears to exert its central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral effects indirectly by inducing the release of biogenic amines from their storage sites in nerve terminals.
(Amphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)
These agents also intercalate into DNA, leading to cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase and inhibition of mitosis and terminal cell differentiation.
(Antineoplaston Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire formin-binding protein 1.
(MLL/FNBP1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The terminal dilation of an alveolar duct that gives rise to alveoli in the lung.
(Alveolar Sac, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire protein ENL.
(MLL/MLLT1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A-65 inhibits zinc-dependent histone deacetylase, inducing terminal cell differentiation and anti-angiogenic activity.
(A-65, NCI Thesaurus)
In ovary, placenta, breast, and testis, 170 kD BRX contains a LBC region preceded by 3 novel regions; C-terminal regions 4 and 5 bind to the ESR1 ligand-binding domain.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminal portion of the long-chain-fatty-acid—CoA ligase 6 protein fused to most of the transcription factor ETV6 protein.
(ACSL6/ETV6 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
