terminator

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See also: terminatör

English

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Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtəː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.mɪ.neɪ.tɚ/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧na‧tor
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

terminator (plural terminators)

  1. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
  2. (computing) A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
  3. (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
    Synonym: twilight zone
    • 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 218:
      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.
  4. (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
  5. (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
  6. (science fiction) An intelligent android created to destroy humans.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Late Latin, from terminō (“define, limit, end”) +‎ -tor, from terminus (“end, limit”).

Noun

terminātor m (genitive terminātōris); third declension

  1. he who sets bounds
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative terminātor terminātōrēs
Genitive terminātōris terminātōrum
Dative terminātōrī terminātōribus
Accusative terminātōrem terminātōrēs
Ablative terminātōre terminātōribus
Vocative terminātor terminātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

terminātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of terminō

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Polish

Etymology

From termin +‎ -ator.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛr.miˈna.tɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: ter‧mi‧na‧tor

Noun

terminator m pers (female equivalent terminatorka)

  1. (obsolete) apprentice

Declension

Declension of terminator
singular plural
nominative terminator terminatorzy/terminatory (deprecative)
genitive terminatora terminatorów
dative terminatorowi terminatorom
accusative terminatora terminatorów
instrumental terminatorem terminatorami
locative terminatorze terminatorach
vocative terminatorze terminatorzy

Noun

terminator m inan

  1. (astronomy) terminator
  2. (electronics) terminator

Declension

Declension of terminator
singular plural
nominative terminator terminatory
genitive terminatoru terminatorów
dative terminatorowi terminatorom
accusative terminator terminatory
instrumental terminatorem terminatorami
locative terminatorze terminatorach
vocative terminatorze terminatory

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