Terminus Terminal

1550s, 'goal, end, final point,' from Latin terminus (plural termini) 'an end, a limit, boundary line,' from PIE *ter-men- 'peg, post,' from root *ter-, base of words meaning 'peg, post; boundary, marker, goal' (source also of Sanskrit tarati 'passes over, crosses over,' tarantah 'sea;' Hittite tarma- 'peg, nail,' tarmaizzi 'he limits;' Greek terma 'boundary, end-point, limit,' termon 'border;' Gothic þairh, Old English þurh 'through;' Old English þyrel 'hole;' Old Norse þrömr 'edge, chip, splinter'). 'The Hittite noun and the usage in Latin suggest that the PIE word denoted a concrete object which came to refer to a boundary-stone.' [de Vaan]

The Terminus command line interface provides advanced interaction with Pantheon. Terminus enables you to do almost everything in a terminal that you can do in the Dashboard, and much more. Install Terminus on macOS or Linux. Windows 10 users can install the Windows Subsystem for Linux. ‘This station is an attempt to resemble a London railway terminus, complete with the see-through roof and the space.’ ‘The rails will be a permanent reminder of the heyday of the station as a thriving terminus.’. In ancient Rome, Terminus was the name of the deity who presided over boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia (held Feb. 23, the end of the old Roman year). The meaning 'either end of a transportation line' is first recorded.

In ancient Rome, Terminus was the name of the deity who presided over boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia (held Feb. 23, the end of the old Roman year). The meaning 'either end of a transportation line' is first recorded 1836.

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Terminus may refer to:

Places[edit]

Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Terminus (office complex), an office complex in Atlanta
Lagos Terminus railway station, the main railway station of Lagos, Nigeria

Art, entertainment, and media[edit]

Fictional and mythological entities[edit]

Doctor Terminus, a fictional character in Pete's Dragon (1977 film)
Terminus (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
Terminus (god), a Roman deity who protected boundary markers
Terminus (planet), the home of the Foundation in Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels (1942–1993)
Terminus, a location in Halo 4; also an achievement when the player finds it
Terminus is the name of the world in RPG/TBS video game Ash of Gods: Redemption
Terminus Series, a type of mecha in the anime series Eureka Seven
Terminus Systems, part of the world of the Mass Effect media franchise
Terminus, fictional city location in The Signal (2007 film)
Terminus, a fictional sanctuary located in a train station, depicted in season 4 of the TV series The Walking Dead
Terminus, a robot in the eponymous short story from Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem

Film[edit]

Terminus (1961 film), a 1961 film directed by John Schlesinger
Terminus (1987 film), a 1987 film directed by Pierre-William Glenn
Terminus (2015 film), a 2015 film directed by Marc Furmie

Games[edit]

Terminus (1986 video game), a space prison escape game by Mastertronic
Terminus (2000 video game), a 2000 space-flight role-playing/action game by Vicarious Vision

Literature[edit]

Terminus (play), a 2007 play by Marl O'Rowe
'Terminus' (poem), written in 1866 by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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