Terminal
(adjective)
- Of or relating to a terminal or to the end.
- Situated at or forming the end or extremity of something.
- Relating to or being a terminal illness, a disease from which recovery is impossible.
Origin:
Late middle english: from latin terminalis, from terminus "end, boundary". the noun (late 19th century) originally referred to a place where a railway line ended, later also to a place where air or bus passengers disembarked.
Examples:
- The terminal building at the airport is undergoing renovations.
- The terminal stage of a terminal illness.
- The terminal point of a line segment.
- A terminal case of depression.
- A terminal diagnosis is a devastating blow to anyone.