TERMINUS (termini)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: termini   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does terminus mean? 

• TERMINUS (noun)
  The noun TERMINUS has 5 senses:

1. a place where something ends or is complete

2. the ultimate goal for which something is done

3. (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

4. either end of a railroad or bus route

5. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

  Familiarity information: TERMINUS used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERMINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place where something ends or is complete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

end point; endpoint; termination; terminus

Hypernyms ("terminus" is a kind of...):

end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)

Derivation:

terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ultimate goal for which something is done

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

destination; terminus

Hypernyms ("terminus" is a kind of...):

end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)

Derivation:

terminate (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

term; terminal figure; terminus

Hypernyms ("terminus" is a kind of...):

statue (a sculpture representing a human or animal)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Either end of a railroad or bus route

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("terminus" is a kind of...):

end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

depot; terminal; terminus

Hypernyms ("terminus" is a kind of...):

station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terminus"):

air terminal; airport terminal (a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight)

bus depot; bus station; bus terminal; coach station (a terminal that serves bus passengers)

cathode (the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)

railroad station; railroad terminal; railway station; train depot; train station (terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods)

subway station (a terminal where subways load and unload passengers)

Holonyms ("terminus" is a part of...):

transit; transportation; transportation system (a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods)

 Context examples 

NAG has 2 clusters of nuclear localization signals, one in the N-terminus of the longer variant and the other in the common C-terminus.

(Neuroblastoma-Amplified Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

They are identical at their 3-prime ends but have unique amino termini.

(Neuroendocrine-Specific Protein, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

This protein is comprised of the first 902 or 927 amino acids from the N-terminus of the breakpoint cluster region protein fused to almost the entire tyrosine-protein kinase ABL1 protein.

(BCR/ABL1 Fusion Protein p210, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein complex modifies the C-terminus of NEDD8 to regulate protein neddylation, ubiquitination and catabolism.

(NEDD8 Activating Enzyme, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterodimeric enzyme (alpha and beta subunits) that catalyzes the addition of farnesyl groups, as farnesyl diphosphate, to the C termini of proteins.

(Farnesyl Protein Transferase, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the transactivation domain of the RNA-binding protein EWS fused to the C-terminus of POZ-, AT hook-, and zinc finger-containing protein 1 containing one C2H2 zinc-finger DNA binding domain.

(EWSR1/PATZ1 Fusion Protein Long A Isoform, NCI Thesaurus)

The F-box domain is a 42-48 amino acid conserved domain found at the N-terminus of F-box proteins.

(F-Box Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein contains 606 amino acids from the N-terminus of the cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic protein and the cytoplasmic domain of the ALK tyrosine kinase receptor protein.

(CARS/ALK Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This local signaling at the terminus or local signaling at the cell body appears distinct from the signaling pathway that transduces the survival signal from the target tissue.

(Neuronal Survival Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A BAG domain near the C-terminus may bind HSC70/HSP70.

(BCL2-associated Athanogene 5, NCI Thesaurus)