transcription, транскрипция: [ tɜ:(r)mɪn(ə)l ]
( terminals)
1.
A terminal illness or disease causes death, often slowly, and cannot be cured.
...terminal cancer.
...his illness was terminal.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• ter‧mi‧nal‧ly
The patient is terminally ill.
ADV : ADV adj
2.
A terminal is a place where vehicles, passengers, or goods begin or end a journey.
Plans are underway for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport.
N-COUNT : usu supp N
3.
A computer terminal is a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and a screen that is used for putting information into a computer or getting information from it. ( COMPUTING )
Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
N-COUNT
4.
On a piece of electrical equipment, a terminal is one of the points where electricity enters or leaves it.
...the positive terminal of the battery.
N-COUNT