noun Download 🔗Share Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator. Examples : "The company hired a terminator to get rid of all the old computer systems. " person job action military weapon technology machine inhuman science entertainment media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. Examples : "Looking through my telescope, I could clearly see the terminator, the line separating the sunlit and shadowed portions of the Moon. " astronomy space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. Examples : "In the DNA "recipe," the terminator signals the end of the instructions for making a protein. " biology biochemistry organism science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line. Examples : "To prevent signal echoes and ensure clear data transmission, the engineer installed a terminator at the end of the network cable. " electronics device technology communication signal electric Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An intelligent android created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator). Examples : "The movie featured a relentless terminator sent from the future to kill the protagonist. " culture media entertainment story technology machine weapon inhuman Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading