1.  terminal(n = noun.artifact) depot, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods;
is a kind of station
is a part of transit, transportation, transportation system
has particulars: air terminal, airport terminal, bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, coach station, cathode, railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, train depot, train station, subway station

2.  terminal(n = noun.artifact) pole - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves;
is a kind of contact, tangency
is a part of battery, electric battery, electrical device
has particulars: anode, negative pole, positive pole

3.  terminal(n = noun.location) end - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"
is a kind of extremity
has particulars: bitter end, bitthead, heel, point, magnetic pole, pole, railhead, terminus, yardarm, nerve end, nerve ending, telomere, heel, end point, endpoint, termination, terminus, destination, finish, goal, tip

4.  terminal(n = noun.artifact) - electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display;
is a kind of electronic equipment
has parts: keyboard
has particulars: job-oriented terminal, link-attached station, link-attached terminal, remote station, remote terminal

1.  terminal(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"

2.  terminal(a = adj.pert) - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"

3.  terminal(a = adj.all) - being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
Antonym: intermediate

4.  terminal(s = adj.all) concluding, final, last - occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"

5.  terminal(s = adj.all) - causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"

1.  Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. [1913 Webster]

2.  Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike. [1913 Webster]

3.  Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.  That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity. [1913 Webster]

2.  Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole. [1913 Webster]

3.  The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.  The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers. [PJC]

5.  A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; -- also called bus terminal. [PJC]

6.  The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; -- also called airline terminal. [PJC]

7.  An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; -- also called computer terminal. [PJC]

terminal, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness).
2 of or forming a limit or terminus (terminal station).
3 a Zool. etc. ending a series (terminal joints). b Bot. borne at the end of a stem etc.
4 of or done etc. each term (terminal accounts; terminal examinations).
--n.
1 a terminating thing; an extremity.
2 a terminus for trains or long-distance buses.
3 a departure and arrival building for air passengers.
4 a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
5 an apparatus for transmission of messages between a user and a computer, communications system, etc.
6 (in full terminal figure) = TERMINUS 6.
7 an installation where oil is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
8 a patient suffering from a terminal illness.

Idiom:
terminal velocity a velocity of a falling body such that the resistance of the air etc. prevents further increase of speed under gravity.

Derivative:
terminally adv.

Etymology:
L terminalis (as TERMINUS)

N  end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

N  limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation, termination, terminus, stint, frontier, precinct, marches, backwoods, boundary line, landmark, line of demarcation, line of circumvallation, pillars of Hercules, Rubicon, turning point, ne plus ultra, sluice, floodgate, definite, conterminate, conterminable, terminal, frontier, bordering, thus far, thus far and no further, stick to the reservation, go beyond the pale, Special.

N  arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.

air terminal, airport terminal, bus terminal, job-oriented terminal, link-attached terminal, railroad terminal, remote terminal, terminal case, terminal emulation, terminal figure, terminal leave, terminal point, terminal velocity