termination
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termination
- /tɚmɪˈneɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).
noun terminations
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. At all terminal stations, where running speeds are low, fixed termination simple catenary equipment has been installed.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- An outcome or result. Long indeed did that morning appear to Francesca—the longer as her anxiety was unexpressed; for it certainly does shorten a period of waiting not a little to spend it in talking over its various probabilities of termination, wondering what will happen, while we are consoled by the strong sympathy we
- The last part of a word. 1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders. 1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugatio
- An induced abortion.
- A word, a term. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.