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Meanings of terminus in English

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(Architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

Portuguese
ponto final

A place where something ends or is complete.

ponto final
Portuguese
estação
Catalan
terminal
Spanish
cochera

Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.

estação
Portuguese
destino
Catalan
destinació

The ultimate goal for which something is done.

destino
Usage of terminus in English
1
Moreover, the N-terminus of CaM was identified as the key binding region.
Pubmed
2
We're going to need someone to help us anchor the terminus, Captain.
War Of Honor
3
Nov. 23-Britishdefeated in attack on German railway terminus in East Africa.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
4
The station I was bound for was the terminus of the line.
My Reminiscences
5
Also, the N-terminus of merlin may be important for its inhibitory effect.
Pubmed
6
St. Joseph on the Missouri was the terminus of the Eastern lines.
History of the United States
7
For the terminus of generation and of every nativity is the form.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
8
We ran on along the now-straight way, its terminus finally grown near.
The Great Book of Amber
9
The natural terminus of Mr. Motley's work is the Peace of Westphalia.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
10
Etchells emerged from his wormhole terminus ten thousand kilometres out from Monterey.
The Naked God
11
A small amino-terminus insertion delayed virus maturation and produced a thermosensitive particle.
Pubmed
12
A KEN box and a destruction box in the Clb6N-terminus were identified.
Pubmed
13
The two main phosphorylation domains are the N and the C terminus.
Pubmed
14
He had arrived safely at Khabarask, the terminus of the Russian line.
Triple Spies
15
Throughout their fifty mile descent to the foot-hill terminus it rained perseveringly.
The Great Amulet
16
They ask for passports along all the line, beginning at the terminus.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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