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terminals

/ˈtɜːrmɪnlz/ /ˈtɜːrmənəlz/

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noun

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

Examples :

"The airport has three terminals, so make sure you know which one your flight leaves from. "

building architecture place vehicle traffic

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A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.

Examples :

"The long lines at the ferry terminals showed how many people were heading to the island for vacation. "

nautical vehicle traffic place building

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A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Examples :

""Many commuters use the train terminals every day to travel to and from work in the city." "

architecture building place

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noun

Examples :

"The trucking company charges $50 in terminals for each shipment, regardless of whether it's going across town or across the state, to cover the costs of loading and unloading at their depots. "

business economy commerce finance service

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A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.

Examples :

"The bustling city of Chicago, with its massive train station, became one of the largest terminals in the United States. "

geography place

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A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.

Examples :

"Large oil terminals line the coast, storing crude oil before it's shipped to refineries. "

industry utility fuel building technical

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The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.

Examples :

"The electrician checked the voltage at the terminals on the back of the electrical outlet. "

electronics technology communication signal device machine electric

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An electric contact on a battery.

Examples :

"The car wouldn't start because the corrosion on the battery terminals was preventing a good connection. "

electronics electric device technology machine

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The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

Examples :

""The airport had many terminals where passengers could check in for their flights and receive boarding passes." "

technology electronics communication device computing signal

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A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "The library has several computer terminals where students can access the internet and do research." "

device computing electronics technology communication machine

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A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

Examples :

"Many programmers use terminals to run commands and test their code because they offer a direct connection to the operating system. "

computing technology electronics machine

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A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

Examples :

"In this simple grammar, "cat" and "dog" are the only terminals; they can't be broken down into anything smaller. "

grammar language linguistics technical word

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The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptid.

Examples :

"The nerve cell's terminals release chemicals to communicate with other cells. "

anatomy biology part