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   Ter·mi·nus

   /ˈtərmənəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a final point in space or time; an end or extremity: "the exhibition's terminus is 1962"
   • ▪ the end of a polypeptide or polynucleotide chain or similar long molecule.
   • 2. the end of a railroad or other transportation route, or a station at such a point; a terminal. British
   • ▪ an oil or gas terminal.
   • 3. a figure of a human bust or an animal ending in a square pillar from which it appears to spring, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘final point in space or time’): from Latin, ‘end, limit, boundary’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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