Meaning

noun station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

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

noun either extremity of something that has length

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Late Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal Borrowed from Late Latin terminalis (“pertaining to…

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