Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
terminal
Universal Words
noun, adjective
noun
1 a building or set of buildings at an airport where air passengers arrive and leave:
A second terminal was opened in 1998.
2 a place, building or set of buildings where journeys by train, bus or boat begin or end:
a railway / bus / ferry terminal
3 (computing) a piece of equipment, usually consisting of a keyboard and a screen that joins the user to a central computer system
4 (technical) a point at which connections can be made in an electric CIRCUIT:
a positive / negative terminal
adjective
1 (of an illness or a disease) that cannot be cured and will lead to death, often slowly:
He has terminal lung cancer. * The illness is usually terminal. * (figurative) She's suffering from terminal (= very great) boredom.
2 (of a person) suffering from an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death:
a terminal case / patient
3 certain to get worse and come to an end:
The industry is in terminal decline.
4 [onlybeforenoun] (formal or technical) at the end of sth:
a terminal branch of a tree * terminal examinations (= at the end of a course, etc.)
terminally adverb:
a hospice for the terminally ill * a terminally dull film
