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Definitions for: Terminus [n] station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
[n] either end of a railroad or bus route
[n] the ultimate goal for which something is done
[n] a place where something ends or is complete
Webster (1913) Definition: Ter"mi*nus, n.; pl. Termini. [L. See Term.]
1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
2. (Myth.) 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.
Synonyms: depot, destination, end point, endpoint, terminal, termination
See Also: air terminal, airport terminal, bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, cathode, coach station, end, end, end, goal, railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, station, subway station, train depot, train station, transit, transportation, transportation system
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