Terminator Definition
tûrmə-nātər
noun
A person or thing that terminates.
Webster's New World
The line dividing the illuminated and dark parts of the disk of the moon or a planet.
Webster's New World
A sequence of nucleotides that signals the end of transcription or translation and the completion of the synthesis of a nucleic acid or protein molecule.
American Heritage Medicine
(electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
Wiktionary
(science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator).
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Other Word Forms of Terminator
Noun
Singular:
terminator
Plural:
terminatorsOrigin of Terminator
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From Latin terminator from the verb terminare.
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