terminal
A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
Example
“Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, whereas Terminal 2 is for international flights.”
Other meanings
A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Synonyms
- terminus
A kind of
- station
Kinds of terminal
- bus station
- cathode
- railway station
Related words
- block-oriented terminal
- coterminal
- air terminal
- C-terminal
- cable terminal
- credit card terminal
- data terminal equipment
- dumb terminal
- handheld terminal
- intelligent terminal
- N-terminal
- payment terminal
Word history
From Latin "terminus" (a bound, boundary, limit, end).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “terminal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.