different between termination vs terminus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t?m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
5. An outcome or result.
6. The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
   • 1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, p. 52 and 69:

     1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders.

     1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugation.
     2. Latin verbs are divided into four conjugations.

7. (medicine) An induced abortion.
8. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.

9. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

Synonyms

• (process of terminating): discontinuation, stoppage
• (state of being termined): discontinuation
• (process of firing an employee): discharge, dismissal
• (end in time): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
• (end in space): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
• (outcome): consequence, outcome, result, upshot
• (last part of a word): ending
• (medical): abortion, induced abortion

Antonyms

• (process of terminating or the state of being terminated): continuation

Derived terms

• extermination
• terminative
• terminative case

Related terms

• terminate

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term.

Noun

terminus (plural termini or terminuses)

1. The end or final point of something.
2. The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
3. A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

Antonyms

• origin

Related terms

• terminal
• terminate
• termination
• terminus a quo
• terminus ante quem

Translations

Anagrams

• minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres

French

Etymology

From English terminus, an unadapted borrowing from Latin terminus. Doublet of terme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mi.nys/

Noun

terminus m (uncountable)

1. terminus

Related terms

• terminer

References

• “terminus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• termen (uncommon)
• term? (collateral form)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *termenos, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn? (“boundary”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (térma, “a goal”), ?????? (térm?n, “a border”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rm?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rminus]

Noun

terminus m (genitive termin?); second declension

1. a boundary, limit, end

   Synonyms: f?nis, l?mes, m?ta, d?f?n?ti?, granicia

2. (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition

   Synonyms: verbum, d?f?n?ti?

3. (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene

   Synonyms: di?s, conventus

4. (Medieval Latin) mode, wise, fashion, manner

   Synonyms: rati?, modus, f?rma

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• terminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• terminus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terminus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• terminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• terminus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terminus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray