terminal point
- noun
- Specialized
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punto terminal
- It's just the simple array of translations with lattice points that we can put at the terminal point of these translations.
Examples
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The journey ended at the terminal point of the train line, where passengers disembarked and collected their luggage.
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So this would be the terminal point of our little baby vector U.
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So we have a vector with initial point P and terminal point Q, OK.
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So we have our line PQ that's initial and that's your terminal point, right?
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Now remember what we've talked about so far with directed line segments is we can call our initial point P and our terminal point Q, right?
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The terminal point of the inexorable processes described by Bromley and King would be a radical rupture with the social domain.
Academic text (2017) -
But even at the terminal point of a protracted, harsh, and humiliating punishment, the identities of the subjects of dissection in Hogarth's picture remain intact.
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In geometry, the terminal point of a vector is its endpoint, which indicates the direction and magnitude.
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The hiker finally reached the terminal point of the trail, marking the end of their long and exhausting trek.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The final part of something, like an event or story
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4.1
The point when something stops or finishes
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5.7
The end of a wire or a point where an electric connection is made
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5.4
A place or time when something ends
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6.9
The final station at the end of a bus or train route
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5.5
The end point of something like a road or tunnel
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3.1
A time when an activity or event ends
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3.9
The place or moment when something finishes
The last date when something must happen
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'final or end point' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'terminal' (occurring at a final stage) with 'point' (a specific position or stage). This straightforward compositional noun phrase follows common cross-linguistic logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun terminal point comes from the image of a travel terminal and a single point. A terminal is a station where buses or trains begin or finish and a point is a tiny spot, so a terminal point is the exact 'final' place of a route or process.