terminusn.

Brit.

/ˈtəːmᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈtərmənəs/

Inflections: Plural termini.

Forms: Old English 1500s– terminus, 1500s termjnus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin terminus.

Etymology: < classical Latin terminus boundary, limit, end, (with capital initial) the god who presided over boundaries and landmarks, in post-classical Latin also fixed date or point in time (frequently from 8th cent. in British sources), mathematical expression (see term n.) < the same Italic base as Oscan teremenniú (plural) boundary stones, teremnattens they have delimited, Umbrian termnas delimited, termnom (accusative singular) boundary stone < an extended form of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek τέρμα end, boundary. Compare termine n. and term n.In later use in sense 1 probably partly short for terminus ad quem n., terminus a quo n., etc. The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent.; there is no continuity of use with the Old English.

1. In Old English: a time or date marking the beginning of a movable feast (or the point in the lunar cycle which determines it) (now historical). In later use more generally: a time or date established or chosen as the beginning or end of a period of time, a lifetime, etc.; the earliest or latest possible date at which something could have occurred or might occur; a cut-off point; (also) †a deadline (obsolete). Cf. terminus ad quem n., terminus a quo n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > time-limit

terminusOE

stint1587

time limit1854

dead-line1920

the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning or end of a period

terminusOE

springinga1398

topc1440

fresh1566

front1609

skirt1624

epoch1673

turn1697

terminus post quem1834

terminus ante quem1858

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iii. 82 Gif se terminus bescyt on sumum dæge þære wucan, ðonne bið se sunnandæg þær æfter easterdæg.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 134 Þonne þu cymst to kalendas Februarii, þonne byð þær se terminus.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. ii. 142 Þas seofon termini beoð on Martio and twelf beoð on Aprili.

1827 R. Dowling & A. Ryland Rep. Cases Argued & Determined in Courts King's Bench VIII. 215 This case..makes the award of the exigent the terminus, after which a departure will be penal.

1868 Sunday Mag. 1 May 525/1 We have, it is true, the destruction of Jerusalem as a fixed terminus, after which it cannot well have been written.

1938 E. M. Forster in Nation 16 July 68/1 They are obliged to be born separately and to die separately and, owing to these unavoidable termini, will always be running off the totalitarian rails.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 1140/3 The death of Henry of Blois gives..a terminus before which the book was made.

2003 M. Harris Carnival & Other Christian Festivals ix. 144 The natural tendency of civic authorities to confine public masking and subversive revelry to as short a time as possible before their traditional terminus of Lent.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 26/4 It has become common to distinguish between Romanticism and the Romantic Period, Age or Era, though there is little agreement about the termini, which tend to hover between 1775 and 1840.

†2. Mathematics. Each of the two quantities composing a ratio or fraction; = term n. 14. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun]

i-telc1000

telc1000

numberc1300

suma1387

quantitya1398

umberc1400

value1543

term1552

terminus?a1560

quantum1567

valuation1636

numerality1646

numeration1646

numerical1760

numeric1878

naturality1942

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure

rimeeOE

figure?c1225

numberc1300

digit?a1400

digitalc1450

cipher1530

term1552

terminus?a1560

significant figure1614

small figuresa1652

numeral1654

monasa1690

binary digit1796

nomial1828

supplement1868

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xx. sig. O iv When anye proportion is geuen, there are two Numbers wherewithall it is expressed, and they are called Termini.

a. Roman Mythology. With capital initial. The god presiding over boundaries or landmarks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > other classical deities

Plutoc1330

Herculesc1369

Proteusa1425

Tellusc1425

chaosa1522

grace1538

terminus1565

victory1569

Hymena1593

harvest queen1598

Hades1599

aurora1610

puffer1615

Egeria1624

hour1637

Hygeia1737

Kore1844

Nike1846

vintage-god1873

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xvii. xiv. 579 The Sacrifices, that in olde times were made vnto Fides, and Terminus, were called..Unblouddy, bicause they consisted onely in Suffumigations, and Odours.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. lv. 38 The seat and house of Terminus [L. Termini] was not stirred, and he the god alone that was not displaced and called forth of the limits to him consecrated.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 15 This land is the furthest part of the old knowne world, god Terminus here especially triumphing.

1788 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 913/2 The feast of Terminus, one of the rural gods, was held on the 21st of February.

1842 Congress. Globe Aug. App. 62/3 The Roman god Terminus, Mr. President, is invoked to animate us to stand uncompromisingly by our limits as they are.

1922 L. Lamprey Children of Anc. Rome vi. 71 Each field was enclosed by a narrow strip of ground never touched by the plow or walked on or otherwise used. This was the property of the god of boundaries, Terminus.

2009 A. Cameron tr. G. Traina 428 AD viii. 88 Augustine wanted to demonstrate that a traditional god like Terminus, the protector of the Roman frontier, was in fact impotent: history had shown that the empire's frontiers were not inviolable.

b. A statue or bust of the god Terminus, originally as used as a boundary marker; (hence) any statue representing the upper part of the body and terminating below in a pillar or pedestal, a term (term n. 15); the pedestal of such a statue. Also more generally: a boundary post or stone. Cf. Herma n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso

block1535

term1604

busto1626

torse1634

terminus1638

busty1684

bust1691

shoulder-piece1692

protome1737

torso1797

portrait bust1827

terminal1876

term figure1880

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients ii. viii. 171 Termini, or bound-stones, signified diuers things, according to the several figures ingraven upon them.

1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 94 The seventh of the termini or lapides that stood on the Via Appia.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 383 Statues & Antiquities..amongst which..a Terminus that formerly stood in the Appian way.

1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 822 At the several angles of the square was a terminus of marble.

1769 J. Kennedy Descr. Antiq. & Curiosities in Wilton-House 3 Such Termini were set at their Doors without, as the Limits and Boundaries of their houses.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 738 What is called a terminus, which is, in fact, nothing more than a portion of an inverted obelisk.

1896 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Sept. 1853 Another public Terminus stood in the temple of Jupiter in the Capitol.

1910 B. J. Bushnell John Arrowsmith-planter xv. 144 It struck the lad in such a way as to cause him to fall against a marble terminus, supporting a bust of Homer.

1965 C. H. Whitman Abelard vi. 61 At a long orchard's end the dolmen stood, A black stone terminus; beyond was moor.

1993 G. L. Hersey High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's & Vatican 255 On the exterior were to be pilasters carved as termini or herms rising out of tall pedestals.

†4. A boundary, a border; a limit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory

terma1382

frontier1413

rind1530

terminus?1605

barrier1709

bound-line1850

borderline1869

?1605 J. Thornborough Ioiefull & Blessed Reuniting Eng. & Scotl. 58 Let the Termini, and bounds of both our nations, & all the people therein contained, willingly giue place to the iust pleasure of their sole Monarch.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xx. 33 Such as of their owne nature cannot containe themselues within their owne termini or limits.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 122 The Termini or boundings of certain Diaphragms or partitions, which seemed to divide the Cavity of the Shell into a multitude of..Cells.

1694 M. Tindal Let. conc. Trinity & Athanasian Creed vii. 19/1 If one Infinite be less than another, there must be some terminus, Bound or End of it, and consequently it cannot be Infinite.

1742 C. Fleming Plea for Infants 6 The terminus, limit, bound, or grand effect of the rectitude of the law, centr'd in Christ.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 94 The retrocession of the Roman terminus under Adrian.

a. The point at which motion or action ends or to which it is directed; a goal, an end; a finishing point. Also (occasionally): a starting point, a point of origin. Cf. term n. 9d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object

willeOE

errand?c1225

purposec1300

endc1305

emprisec1330

intentc1340

use1340

conclusionc1374

studya1382

pointc1385

causec1386

gamea1393

term?c1400

businessc1405

finec1405

intentionc1410

object?a1425

obtent?a1475

drift1526

intend1526

respect1528

flight1530

finality?1541

stop1551

scope1559

butt?1571

bent1579

aiming point1587

pursuitc1592

aim1595

devotion1597

meaning1605

maina1610

attempt1610

design1615

purport1616

terminusa1617

intendment1635

pretence1649

ettle1790

big (also great) idea1846

objective1878

objective1882

the name of the game1910

the object of the exercise1958

thrust1968

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) iv. 106 This condition belongeth not to the action of God choosing, but to the terminus to life.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N3 That perfection..is the very Terminus whereunto the Church, and every faithfull man ought to pretend.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. iii. 310 Some of these are Absolutely determined, either to Motion, or to Rest, or the Terminus of motion.

1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul i. 8 The resistance of the same quantity of matter..is as endlesly increasible, as the degree of celerity is, with which it may recede from that terminus.

1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 289 The route of the race was from the right wheeling to the left, round the extreme meta or terminus and then returning back to the same ground.

1791 C. Lofft Gilbert's Law of Evid. (new ed.) II. 504 It appeared on the Pleadings, that the Terminus of the direct Road was the common Highway.

1832 H. G. Linberg tr. V. Cousin Introd. Hist. Philos. xii. 398 God is the absolute I. When we have arrived thus far we are arrived at the last terminus of subjective idealism.

1868 C. J. Lever Bramleighs I. xviii. 271 I go straight to my terminus, wherever it is.

1921 Pop. Mech. Nov. 893/2 Twin Falls..the terminus of the journey, sent out representatives of the Chamber of Commerce to meet and welcome the caravan.

1999 G. Morris Small Gardens 32 An object such as a bench or statue at the end of a walk or path..becomes a visual terminus or destination.

2009 Art Q. Winter 62/2 The Camino was..a unique opportunity for even the poorest devotees to gawp at..the ‘massive splendour’ of the cathedral that marked its terminus.

b. Either end of a railway or other transport route; the station or the town or city at such a place; the place at which a transport route, pipeline, etc., ends. Cf. terminal n. 4a(a).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > terminus for train

terminus1825

terminal1844

end of steel1909

1825 Proc. Comm. House of Commons on Liverpool & Manchester Railroad Bill 679 At each of the termini of the Rail-road at Liverpool and at Manchester, they are authorized to take 200 yards in length, by 150 yards in breadth.

1837 R. Alderson in Papers Corps Engineers II. 94 Both lines commence from the same terminus.

1877 Tramways Intelligence 17 The lines of the company have their London termini at Westminster Bridge-road, Blackfriars-road.

1936 J. B. Priestley They walk in City iv. 85 Taking a bus as far as the edge of the moors, walking over to some place where he could get tea, then walking back to the terminus again.

1970 J. F. Casey et al. Fire Service Hydraulics (ed. 2) xxx. 104 There is a difference in elevation between the reservoir surface and the pipe line terminus of 220 feet.

1971 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. iii. 216 [The] lateral canal has its terminus in a water-course other than that from which it came.

1985 R. Cobb Classical Educ. ii. 77 We took a tram to its terminus at the foot of a steep hill near the coast.

2009 Independent 19 Jan. 28/1 The new St Pancras has added to London's large stock of termini, when what has been blindingly obvious for many years is that London needs through stations.

6. The point at which something comes to an end; an extremity, a tip.Frequently used of a geographical feature, as a glacier, valley, peninsula, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun]

endc825

headOE

finea1300

nolla1387

extremityc1400

hinder end?1523

extreme1570

termininea1593

exit1615

outmost1634

terminus1704

knobhead1793

terminal1865

1704 I. Newton Opticks i. iii. 128 Three hyperbolical lines representing the terminus of the shadow of one of the Knives.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 28/2 Passing eastward round the terminus of the range for two miles under the limestone-rock of the plain.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect Introd. ii. 28 The grey matter [of the brain] is a terminus; to it the fibrous collections tend, or from it commence.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 36 I am disposed to object to its being called a saltwater fish. Its most natural habitat is fresh tidal rivers. It is frequently found far above the terminus of the tide.

1906 Blackwood's Mag. May 461/2 The rugged terminus of England seems to possess a charm of its own.

1911 R. B. Marshall Results of Spirit Leveling in Arizona 14 This lowland belt is continuous from the northeast terminus of the peninsula to a point not far west of Pavlof Bay.

1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. xiv. 334/2 Other ridges, recessional moraines, mark pauses in the retreat of the glacier from its terminus.

2001 Oxoniensia 65 352 Pottery of 12th-century date was recovered from three of the four gullies, predominantly from the gully termini.

7. Biochemistry. The end of a protein, polypeptide, polynucleotide, or similar large molecule. Chiefly with distinguishing word. amino terminus, carboxy terminus, N-terminus: see first element.

ΚΠ

1947 Baker's Digest Feb. 18/2 Such a molecule would possess only a single aldehydic terminus.

1963 V. M. Ingram Hemoglobins in Genetics & Evol. ii. 22 The so-called N-terminus [is]designated in the figure with N.

1973 M. P. Deutscher in J. N. Davidson & W. E. Cohn Progress Nucleic Acid Res. & Molecular Biol. 13 81 The -C-C-A terminus can tolerate considerable alteration and still remain active.

1990 Nucleic Acids Res. 18 230/1 A similar sequence region with the potential to form a hairpin structure in the mRNA is also present at the mRNA 3′ termini.

1995 Sci. Amer. Sept. 116/1 Long hydrocarbon chains with a sulfur atom at one terminus.

2016 Guardian (Online ed.) 24 Jan. At the very end of every protein chain—what biochemists call the carboxy or C terminus—there is a negative charge.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 5b), as terminus hotel, terminus station, etc.

ΚΠ

1837 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 2 Sept. The horse..is attached and draws the carriages containing twenty tons of stone, or other commodity to the terminus station at Preston.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 46 He had what he called a ‘big biz’ at each successive terminus town.

1903 Engineer 30 Oct. 427/1 The train which ran into the terminus buffers at St. Enoch station July last.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 10/2 With the coming of railways..came terminus hotels, many of which were now palatial.

1955 R. Strehl tr. H. Scott Robots are among Us 215 At the New York station of the Pennsylvania Railroad the traveller has the choice of 16 different terminus platforms.

1988 London Mag. June 14 He noticed quite near the terminus entrance a narrow path leading down along the side of the valley.

2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. Six northeasterly miles from the terminus station, we find three tunnels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	terminus
释义	terminusn. Brit. /ˈtəːmᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈtərmənəs/ Inflections: Plural termini. Forms: Old English 1500s– terminus, 1500s termjnus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin terminus. Etymology: < classical Latin terminus boundary, limit, end, (with capital initial) the god who presided over boundaries and landmarks, in post-classical Latin also fixed date or point in time (frequently from 8th cent. in British sources), mathematical expression (see term n.) < the same Italic base as Oscan teremenniú (plural) boundary stones, teremnattens they have delimited, Umbrian termnas delimited, termnom (accusative singular) boundary stone < an extended form of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek τέρμα end, boundary. Compare termine n. and term n.In later use in sense 1 probably partly short for terminus ad quem n., terminus a quo n., etc. The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent.; there is no continuity of use with the Old English. 1. In Old English: a time or date marking the beginning of a movable feast (or the point in the lunar cycle which determines it) (now historical). In later use more generally: a time or date established or chosen as the beginning or end of a period of time, a lifetime, etc.; the earliest or latest possible date at which something could have occurred or might occur; a cut-off point; (also) †a deadline (obsolete). Cf. terminus ad quem n., terminus a quo n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > time-limit terminusOE stint1587 time limit1854 dead-line1920 the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning or end of a period terminusOE springinga1398 topc1440 fresh1566 front1609 skirt1624 epoch1673 turn1697 terminus post quem1834 terminus ante quem1858 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iii. 82 Gif se terminus bescyt on sumum dæge þære wucan, ðonne bið se sunnandæg þær æfter easterdæg. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 134 Þonne þu cymst to kalendas Februarii, þonne byð þær se terminus. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. ii. 142 Þas seofon termini beoð on Martio and twelf beoð on Aprili. 1827 R. Dowling & A. Ryland Rep. Cases Argued & Determined in Courts King's Bench VIII. 215 This case..makes the award of the exigent the terminus, after which a departure will be penal. 1868 Sunday Mag. 1 May 525/1 We have, it is true, the destruction of Jerusalem as a fixed terminus, after which it cannot well have been written. 1938 E. M. Forster in Nation 16 July 68/1 They are obliged to be born separately and to die separately and, owing to these unavoidable termini, will always be running off the totalitarian rails. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 1140/3 The death of Henry of Blois gives..a terminus before which the book was made. 2003 M. Harris Carnival & Other Christian Festivals ix. 144 The natural tendency of civic authorities to confine public masking and subversive revelry to as short a time as possible before their traditional terminus of Lent. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 26/4 It has become common to distinguish between Romanticism and the Romantic Period, Age or Era, though there is little agreement about the termini, which tend to hover between 1775 and 1840. †2. Mathematics. Each of the two quantities composing a ratio or fraction; = term n. 14. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] i-telc1000 telc1000 numberc1300 suma1387 quantitya1398 umberc1400 value1543 term1552 terminus?a1560 quantum1567 valuation1636 numerality1646 numeration1646 numerical1760 numeric1878 naturality1942 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure rimeeOE figure?c1225 numberc1300 digit?a1400 digitalc1450 cipher1530 term1552 terminus?a1560 significant figure1614 small figuresa1652 numeral1654 monasa1690 binary digit1796 nomial1828 supplement1868 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xx. sig. O iv When anye proportion is geuen, there are two Numbers wherewithall it is expressed, and they are called Termini. 3. a. Roman Mythology. With capital initial. The god presiding over boundaries or landmarks. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > other classical deities Plutoc1330 Herculesc1369 Proteusa1425 Tellusc1425 chaosa1522 grace1538 terminus1565 victory1569 Hymena1593 harvest queen1598 Hades1599 aurora1610 puffer1615 Egeria1624 hour1637 Hygeia1737 Kore1844 Nike1846 vintage-god1873 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xvii. xiv. 579 The Sacrifices, that in olde times were made vnto Fides, and Terminus, were called..Unblouddy, bicause they consisted onely in Suffumigations, and Odours. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. lv. 38 The seat and house of Terminus [L. Termini] was not stirred, and he the god alone that was not displaced and called forth of the limits to him consecrated. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 15 This land is the furthest part of the old knowne world, god Terminus here especially triumphing. 1788 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 913/2 The feast of Terminus, one of the rural gods, was held on the 21st of February. 1842 Congress. Globe Aug. App. 62/3 The Roman god Terminus, Mr. President, is invoked to animate us to stand uncompromisingly by our limits as they are. 1922 L. Lamprey Children of Anc. Rome vi. 71 Each field was enclosed by a narrow strip of ground never touched by the plow or walked on or otherwise used. This was the property of the god of boundaries, Terminus. 2009 A. Cameron tr. G. Traina 428 AD viii. 88 Augustine wanted to demonstrate that a traditional god like Terminus, the protector of the Roman frontier, was in fact impotent: history had shown that the empire's frontiers were not inviolable. b. A statue or bust of the god Terminus, originally as used as a boundary marker; (hence) any statue representing the upper part of the body and terminating below in a pillar or pedestal, a term (term n. 15); the pedestal of such a statue. Also more generally: a boundary post or stone. Cf. Herma n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso block1535 term1604 busto1626 torse1634 terminus1638 busty1684 bust1691 shoulder-piece1692 protome1737 torso1797 portrait bust1827 terminal1876 term figure1880 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients ii. viii. 171 Termini, or bound-stones, signified diuers things, according to the several figures ingraven upon them. 1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 94 The seventh of the termini or lapides that stood on the Via Appia. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 383 Statues & Antiquities..amongst which..a Terminus that formerly stood in the Appian way. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 822 At the several angles of the square was a terminus of marble. 1769 J. Kennedy Descr. Antiq. & Curiosities in Wilton-House 3 Such Termini were set at their Doors without, as the Limits and Boundaries of their houses. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 738 What is called a terminus, which is, in fact, nothing more than a portion of an inverted obelisk. 1896 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Sept. 1853 Another public Terminus stood in the temple of Jupiter in the Capitol. 1910 B. J. Bushnell John Arrowsmith-planter xv. 144 It struck the lad in such a way as to cause him to fall against a marble terminus, supporting a bust of Homer. 1965 C. H. Whitman Abelard vi. 61 At a long orchard's end the dolmen stood, A black stone terminus; beyond was moor. 1993 G. L. Hersey High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's & Vatican 255 On the exterior were to be pilasters carved as termini or herms rising out of tall pedestals. †4. A boundary, a border; a limit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory terma1382 frontier1413 rind1530 terminus?1605 barrier1709 bound-line1850 borderline1869 ?1605 J. Thornborough Ioiefull & Blessed Reuniting Eng. & Scotl. 58 Let the Termini, and bounds of both our nations, & all the people therein contained, willingly giue place to the iust pleasure of their sole Monarch. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xx. 33 Such as of their owne nature cannot containe themselues within their owne termini or limits. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 122 The Termini or boundings of certain Diaphragms or partitions, which seemed to divide the Cavity of the Shell into a multitude of..Cells. 1694 M. Tindal Let. conc. Trinity & Athanasian Creed vii. 19/1 If one Infinite be less than another, there must be some terminus, Bound or End of it, and consequently it cannot be Infinite. 1742 C. Fleming Plea for Infants 6 The terminus, limit, bound, or grand effect of the rectitude of the law, centr'd in Christ. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 94 The retrocession of the Roman terminus under Adrian. 5. a. The point at which motion or action ends or to which it is directed; a goal, an end; a finishing point. Also (occasionally): a starting point, a point of origin. Cf. term n. 9d. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object willeOE errand?c1225 purposec1300 endc1305 emprisec1330 intentc1340 use1340 conclusionc1374 studya1382 pointc1385 causec1386 gamea1393 term?c1400 businessc1405 finec1405 intentionc1410 object?a1425 obtent?a1475 drift1526 intend1526 respect1528 flight1530 finality?1541 stop1551 scope1559 butt?1571 bent1579 aiming point1587 pursuitc1592 aim1595 devotion1597 meaning1605 maina1610 attempt1610 design1615 purport1616 terminusa1617 intendment1635 pretence1649 ettle1790 big (also great) idea1846 objective1878 objective1882 the name of the game1910 the object of the exercise1958 thrust1968 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) iv. 106 This condition belongeth not to the action of God choosing, but to the terminus to life. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N3 That perfection..is the very Terminus whereunto the Church, and every faithfull man ought to pretend. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. iii. 310 Some of these are Absolutely determined, either to Motion, or to Rest, or the Terminus of motion. 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul i. 8 The resistance of the same quantity of matter..is as endlesly increasible, as the degree of celerity is, with which it may recede from that terminus. 1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 289 The route of the race was from the right wheeling to the left, round the extreme meta or terminus and then returning back to the same ground. 1791 C. Lofft Gilbert's Law of Evid. (new ed.) II. 504 It appeared on the Pleadings, that the Terminus of the direct Road was the common Highway. 1832 H. G. Linberg tr. V. Cousin Introd. Hist. Philos. xii. 398 God is the absolute I. When we have arrived thus far we are arrived at the last terminus of subjective idealism. 1868 C. J. Lever Bramleighs I. xviii. 271 I go straight to my terminus, wherever it is. 1921 Pop. Mech. Nov. 893/2 Twin Falls..the terminus of the journey, sent out representatives of the Chamber of Commerce to meet and welcome the caravan. 1999 G. Morris Small Gardens 32 An object such as a bench or statue at the end of a walk or path..becomes a visual terminus or destination. 2009 Art Q. Winter 62/2 The Camino was..a unique opportunity for even the poorest devotees to gawp at..the ‘massive splendour’ of the cathedral that marked its terminus. b. Either end of a railway or other transport route; the station or the town or city at such a place; the place at which a transport route, pipeline, etc., ends. Cf. terminal n. 4a(a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > terminus for train terminus1825 terminal1844 end of steel1909 1825 Proc. Comm. House of Commons on Liverpool & Manchester Railroad Bill 679 At each of the termini of the Rail-road at Liverpool and at Manchester, they are authorized to take 200 yards in length, by 150 yards in breadth. 1837 R. Alderson in Papers Corps Engineers II. 94 Both lines commence from the same terminus. 1877 Tramways Intelligence 17 The lines of the company have their London termini at Westminster Bridge-road, Blackfriars-road. 1936 J. B. Priestley They walk in City iv. 85 Taking a bus as far as the edge of the moors, walking over to some place where he could get tea, then walking back to the terminus again. 1970 J. F. Casey et al. Fire Service Hydraulics (ed. 2) xxx. 104 There is a difference in elevation between the reservoir surface and the pipe line terminus of 220 feet. 1971 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. iii. 216 [The] lateral canal has its terminus in a water-course other than that from which it came. 1985 R. Cobb Classical Educ. ii. 77 We took a tram to its terminus at the foot of a steep hill near the coast. 2009 Independent 19 Jan. 28/1 The new St Pancras has added to London's large stock of termini, when what has been blindingly obvious for many years is that London needs through stations. 6. The point at which something comes to an end; an extremity, a tip.Frequently used of a geographical feature, as a glacier, valley, peninsula, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] endc825 headOE finea1300 nolla1387 extremityc1400 hinder end?1523 extreme1570 termininea1593 exit1615 outmost1634 terminus1704 knobhead1793 terminal1865 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. iii. 128 Three hyperbolical lines representing the terminus of the shadow of one of the Knives. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 28/2 Passing eastward round the terminus of the range for two miles under the limestone-rock of the plain. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect Introd. ii. 28 The grey matter [of the brain] is a terminus; to it the fibrous collections tend, or from it commence. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 36 I am disposed to object to its being called a saltwater fish. Its most natural habitat is fresh tidal rivers. It is frequently found far above the terminus of the tide. 1906 Blackwood's Mag. May 461/2 The rugged terminus of England seems to possess a charm of its own. 1911 R. B. Marshall Results of Spirit Leveling in Arizona 14 This lowland belt is continuous from the northeast terminus of the peninsula to a point not far west of Pavlof Bay. 1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. xiv. 334/2 Other ridges, recessional moraines, mark pauses in the retreat of the glacier from its terminus. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 352 Pottery of 12th-century date was recovered from three of the four gullies, predominantly from the gully termini. 7. Biochemistry. The end of a protein, polypeptide, polynucleotide, or similar large molecule. Chiefly with distinguishing word. amino terminus, carboxy terminus, N-terminus: see first element. ΚΠ 1947 Baker's Digest Feb. 18/2 Such a molecule would possess only a single aldehydic terminus. 1963 V. M. Ingram Hemoglobins in Genetics & Evol. ii. 22 The so-called N-terminus [is]designated in the figure with N. 1973 M. P. Deutscher in J. N. Davidson & W. E. Cohn Progress Nucleic Acid Res. & Molecular Biol. 13 81 The -C-C-A terminus can tolerate considerable alteration and still remain active. 1990 Nucleic Acids Res. 18 230/1 A similar sequence region with the potential to form a hairpin structure in the mRNA is also present at the mRNA 3′ termini. 1995 Sci. Amer. Sept. 116/1 Long hydrocarbon chains with a sulfur atom at one terminus. 2016 Guardian (Online ed.) 24 Jan. At the very end of every protein chain—what biochemists call the carboxy or C terminus—there is a negative charge. Compounds General attributive (in sense 5b), as terminus hotel, terminus station, etc. ΚΠ 1837 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 2 Sept. The horse..is attached and draws the carriages containing twenty tons of stone, or other commodity to the terminus station at Preston. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 46 He had what he called a ‘big biz’ at each successive terminus town. 1903 Engineer 30 Oct. 427/1 The train which ran into the terminus buffers at St. Enoch station July last. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 10/2 With the coming of railways..came terminus hotels, many of which were now palatial. 1955 R. Strehl tr. H. Scott Robots are among Us 215 At the New York station of the Pennsylvania Railroad the traveller has the choice of 16 different terminus platforms. 1988 London Mag. June 14 He noticed quite near the terminus entrance a narrow path leading down along the side of the valley. 2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. Six northeasterly miles from the terminus station, we find three tunnels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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