meaning of terminus
1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
2. The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
5. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Related Words
terminus | terminus a quo | terminus ad quem |
