Referring to the end of something; the finality or conclusion of something: The terminal paragraphs of the short story explained the mystery of the relationship between the two central characters.

Dr. Dickson informed Dina that the illness which she was experiencing was not a terminal illness and that she would recover.

1. A central location in the transportation industry from which buses, trains, etc. depart or to which they return: Gladys went to the bus terminal to wait for her sister who was coming for a visit.
2. The point in an electrical system where the the current enters or leaves: The electrician installed a new terminal so the lights in the house would function better.

In electrocardiography, an electrode in which connections from three limbs; for example, right arm, left arm, and left leg, are joined and led to the electrocardiograph to form the indifferent electrode, theoretically at zero potential for the system.

1. A screw, a soldering lug, or other point to which connections can be made to allow the transmission or receptions of signals: Irving, the contractor, hired electricians to install the electric terminals in the new building.
2. The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to an apparatus: Randy, the fired train conductor, attempted to disrupt the electric terminals at the railroad station so the trains could not run on time.

That section of a harbor or port with provisions for docking, cargo-handling, and storage possibilities: The tourists were able to go on a sightseeing tour to the marine terminal where they were amazed at the extension of it over the water and they were also intrigued at the system of railroad and motor-vehicle accesses.

Sulcus terminalis linguae; a V-shaped groove, or furrow, with the apex pointing backward, on the surface of the tongue, marking the separation between the oral, or horizontal, and the pharyngeal, or vertical, parts.

The sulcus terminalis atrii dextri; is a groove on the surface of the right atrium of the heart (thin-walled chamber of the heart which pumps blood into the right ventricle for ejection into the pulmonary circulation), marking the junction of the primitive sinus venosus (cavity at the tail end of the embryonic cardiac tube) with the atrium (a chamber of the heart).