terminal

terminal
n.
point on an electric circuit

1) a negative; positive terminal

device by which information enters or leaves a computer

2) a computer terminal; a Visual Display Terminal = VDT (AE; BE has Visual Display Unit = VDU)

passenger, freight station

3) an airline; bus; freight; shipping; trucking terminal

4) at a terminal (let's meet at the bus terminal)

* * *
['tɜːmɪn(ə)l]
positive terminal
trucking terminal
a Visual Display Terminal = VDT (AE: BE has Visual Display Unit = VDU)
['device by which information enters or leaves a computer'] a computer terminal
['passenger, freight station'] an airline
['point on an electric circuit'] a negative
at a terminal (let's meet at the bus terminal)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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