terminus

UK: 'Terminus', 'terminus': /ˈtɜːmɪnəs/

US: /ˈtɝmənəs/

US: (tûr′mə nəs)

Inflections of 'terminus' (n):

terminuses

npl

termini

npl

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ter•mi•nus /ˈtɜrmənəs/   n. [countable] , pl. -ni /-ˌnaɪ/  -nus•es. 

1. the end of anything, as the end of a railroad line or the station at the end of a railway or bus route.

See -term-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ter•mi•nus  (tûr′mə nəs), n., pl. -ni (-nī′), -nus•es. 

1. the end or extremity of anything.
2. Rail Transport either end of a railroad line.
3. Rail Transport, British Terms [Brit.] the station or the town at the end of a railway or bus route.
4. the point toward which anything tends;
   goal or end.
5. a boundary or limit.
6. a boundary post or stone.
7. Mythology (cap.) the ancient Roman god of boundaries and landmarks.
8. Antiquity term (def. 10).

• Latin: boundary, limit, end
• 1545–55

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terminus / ˈtɜːmɪnəs/ noun ( -ni / -naɪ/, -nuses)

1. the last or final part or point
2. either end of a railway, bus route, etc, or a station or town at such a point
3. a goal aimed for
4. a boundary or boundary marker
5. another name for term10

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: end; related to Greek termōn boundary

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Terminus / ˈtɜːmɪnəs/ noun

1. the Roman god of boundaries