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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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                          Terminus through the time
                          Terminus across language varieties
                          United States of America
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