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terminus
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
terminus
(noun)
terminus
/
ˈ
tɚmənəs/
noun
terminus
/
ˈ
tɚmənəs/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of TERMINUS
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]
1
plural
terminuses
:
the end of a travel route (such as a rail or bus line) or the station at the end of a travel route
Stockholm is the
terminus
for the southbound train.
a bus
terminus
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technical
plural
termini
/
ˈ
tɚməˌnaɪ/
:
the end of something
Geologists took samples from the
terminus
of the glacier.
the
terminus
of the DNA strand
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