terminals

Meaning of terminals

plural noun
  1. the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at such a point.
    a freight terminal
    a ferry terminal
  2. a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
    battery terminals
  3. a device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer system and which displays the received output.
  4. another term for terminus (sense 3 of the noun).
  5. a patient suffering from a terminal illness.

early 19th century: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.

Information about terminals

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of terminals is: terminal.
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Hyphenation of terminals

ter-mi-nals

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • terminals is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

terminals synonyms

Meaning a desktop computer terminal, typically networked and more powerful than a personal computer:

workstation

Meaning a device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of something:

monitor

Meaning comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment:

console

Meaning a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter:

keyboard

Anagrams of terminals

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