TERMINUS


Meaning of TERMINUS in English

■ noun ( plural termini -nʌɪ or ~es )

1》 chiefly Brit. a railway or bus terminal.

↘an oil or gas terminal.

2》 an end or extremity.

3》 Architecture a figure of a human bust or animal ending in a square pillar from which it appears to spring, originally a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

Origin

C16: from L., 'end, limit, boundary'.

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