terminator
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terminator
- /ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/ UK
- /ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/ Canada, US
- [ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.ɾɚ] Canada, US
- /ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.tə/ Australia
- [ˈtɜː.mɪ.næɪ.ɾə] Australia
Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
* Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or.
* (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.
noun terminators
- Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
- A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
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The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
Harriot, looking at the moon, saw the irregular terminator, the highlights and shadows, the mountain ranges and valleys that Galileo had described – and he also convinced himself that he saw Galileo's imaginary crater.
Similar: twilight zone, grey line, separatrix
- A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
- An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
- An intelligent android created to destroy humans. Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: exterminator, eradicator, suicide, destructive, devastated, destroyed, devastating, ender, eliminatrix, finisher, executioner, exonerator, annihilator, executer, determinator, terminographer
Translations
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noun one who terminates
| Español | terminador |
|---|---|
| Português | terminador |
| Ελληνικά | εξολοθρευτής exolothreftís |
| Русский | терминатор terminator |
noun the line between the day side and the night side
| Português | terminador |
|---|---|
| Français | terminateur |
| Deutsch | Nachtlinie |
| Русский | терминатор terminator |
noun a DNA sequence
| Português | terminador |
|---|---|
| Русский | терминатор terminator |
noun an electrical device
| 日本語 | ターミネータ tāminētā, 終端器 shūtanki |
|---|---|
| Français | terminateur |
| Русский | терминатор terminator |
noun an AI machine in science fiction
| Español | terminator (terminéitor) |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ターミネーター tāminētā |
| 中文 | 終結者 /终结者 zhōngjiézhě, 殲滅者 /歼灭者 jiānmièzhě |
| Português | exterminador |
| Deutsch | Terminator |
| Ελληνικά | εξολοθρευτής exolothreftís |
| Русский | термина́тор terminátor |
| العربية | مُبِيد mubīd |
Talk about this word "terminator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/terminator. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. terminator. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/terminator "terminator." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/terminator.Cite this
@misc{terminator_2026,
title = {terminator},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/terminator},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
