terminal, terminus

terminal, terminus
These words have a common origin in the Latin word terminus, meaning "boundary" or "limit." Terminal means (1) "either end of a transportation line" and (2) "concluding," "final": "Grand Central Station is a terminal for a major railroad serving the New England states." "Just before his discharge from service, the soldier was granted terminal leave." "In most instances, cancer is a terminal illness." Terminus also means "the end of something" and is used to refer to an objective or goal: "The campsite was the terminus of our hike that day." "The terminus of his ambition was election as governor of the state." The plural of terminus is terminuses or termini.

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