What is the meaning of terminal?

noun

• Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
  • synonyms: terminus, depot
• A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
  • synonyms: pole
• Either extremity of something that has length.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: end
• Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display.

adjective

• Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route.
  • usage: "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"
• Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time.
  • usage: "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
• Being or situated at an end.
  • usage: "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
• Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
  • usage: "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
  • synonyms: concluding, final, last
• Causing or ending in or approaching death.
  • usage: "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"