terminator
See also: terminatör
English edit
Etymology edit
- Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or.
- (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
terminator (plural terminators)
- Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator. [from 17th c.]
- (computing) A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
- (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. [from 17th c.]
- 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.
- (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. [from 20th c.]
- (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
- (science fiction) An intelligent android created to destroy humans.
Synonyms edit
- (astronomy): grey line, separatrix (the general term for such lines)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
one who terminates
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a DNA sequence
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an electrical device
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the line between the day side and the night side
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an AI machine in science fiction
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.miˈnaː.tor/, [t̪ɛrmɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.miˈna.tor/, [t̪ermiˈnäːt̪or]
Etymology 1 edit
Late Latin, from terminō (“define, limit, end”) + -tor, from terminus (“end, limit”).
Noun edit
terminātor m (genitive terminātōris); third declension
- he who sets bounds
Declension edit
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 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
terminātor
References edit
- “terminator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- terminator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- terminator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
terminator m pers (female equivalent terminatorka)
Declension edit
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 edit
terminator m inan
Declension edit
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 |
Further reading edit
- terminator in Polish dictionaries at PWN