terminus
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥der. Proto-Italic *termenos Latin terminuslbor. English terminus Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term, Terminus, and termon.
Definitions
The end or final point of something.
- The river reached its terminus at the wide delta near the sea.
The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
- My brother supposes they must have filled outside London, for at that time the furious terror of the people had rendered the central termini impossible.
- The arrangement for certain long-distance trains to call at suburban stations (saving passengers the trouble of journeying to the termini), which proved popular last year, is being extended.
- Wuhan is the terminus for cruises to the Yanzi^([sic – meaning Yangtze]) River gorges.
A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.
- A bronz statue marked the terminus of the king's dominion.
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The god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia.
The neighborhood
- antonymorigin
- neighbornon-terminus
- neighborterminal
- neighborterminate
- neighbortermination
- neighborterminus ad quem
- neighborterminus ante quem
- neighborterminus a quo
- neighborterminus post quem
- neighborterminus technicus
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at terminus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at terminus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at terminus
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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