Word Meanings - TERMINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike. Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine. -- Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. -- Terminal velocity. The velocity acquired at the end of a

Additional info about word: TERMINAL

Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike. Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine. -- Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. -- Terminal velocity. The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion. The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TERMINAL)

• Extreme
• Terminal
• final
• remote
• utmost
• farthest
• extravagant
• immoderate
• most violent
• distant
• ultimate
• last
• latest
• conclusive
• definite
• developed
• decisive

Related words: (words related to TERMINAL)

• CONCLUSIVELY
  In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
• CONCLUSIVENESS
  The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
• DISTANT
  stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
• DECISIVE
  1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." Hallam. 2. Marked
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• ULTIMATE
  come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this
• EXTREMELESS
  Having no extremes; infinite.
• DEFINITE
  1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell. 2. Having certain limits
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• DISTANTIAL
  Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
• VIOLENT
  probably akin to Gr. 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float
• FINAL
  1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton. 2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a
• DEVELOPABLE
  Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface , a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.
• DEVELOP
  To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. (more info) voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable
• IMMODERATENESS
  The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
• DEVELOPMENTAL
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.
• IMMODERATELY
  In an immoderate manner; excessively.
• REMOTE
  Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. (more info) 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are
• CONCLUSIVE
  Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. Rogers. Conclusive evidence
• TERMINALIA
  A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
• ANTEPENULTIMATE
  Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• POSTREMOTE
  More remote in subsequent time or order.
• EQUIDISTANT
  Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
• PREREMOTE
  More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin.
• TERREMOTE
  An earthquake. Gower.
• UNCONCLUSIVE
  Inconclusive.
• CONTERMINAL
  Conterminous.