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Terminating vs Terminal - What's the difference?

terminating | terminal |

As a verb terminating

is .

As an adjective terminating

is coming to an end.

As a noun terminal is

terminal (at an airport etc).

terminating

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • Coming to an end.
  • (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.
  • Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

    Synonyms

    *(math ): finite

    Antonyms

    *(math ): nonterminating

    terminal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
  • In electronics, the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
  • An electric contact on a battery.
  • In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  • (computing) In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
  • (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
  • (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (illness) Fatal; resulting in death.
  • (example) terminal cancer
  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
  • Synonyms

    * (appearing at the end) final, late

    Antonyms

    * (l) * (illness) early * (appearing at the end) initial, early

    Anagrams

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