Australian English Meaning of terminus
terminus
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Definitions and Meaning of terminus in English
terminus (n)
a place where something ends or is complete
the ultimate goal for which something is done
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
either end of a railroad or bus route
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
terminus (n.)
Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
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terminus
a place where something ends or is complete, the ultimate goal for which something is done, (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of t
boundary,end,extent,extremity,termination,border,bound,cap,ceiling,boundaries
No antonyms found.
terminology => terminology, terminological => terminological, terminist => termino, terminism => determinism, termini => terminus,
