2. Adjective. Coming to an end. ¹
3. Adjective. (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terminating
1. terminate [v] - See also: terminate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminating
Literary usage of Terminating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bradbury's Workmen's Compensation and State Insurance Law by Harry Bower Bradbury (1914)
"terminating compensation payments On an application to review compensation it is
not competent for the County Court judge to go outside of that application ..."
2. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"These two [ 275 ] views, combined together, will furnish the maxims of the law
of nations respecting the mode of terminating disputes between different ..."
3. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1883)
"... the mode of terminating disputes between different states. What we have said
in Chap. I. IV. and V. of this book, ? ..."
4. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1889)
"There may be either a finite or an infinite number of links in the chain of
operations; that is to say, we may have either a terminating or non-terminating ..."
5. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"S. Straw scored, naked : spike 2-valved, terminating, ... Sheaths at the base of
the straw, terminating in short leaves. Seeds- with hairs at the base. ST. ..."
6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"Apex of abdomen not terminating in a tooth, entire, undulate, notched or angulate 7.
Apex of abdomen terminating in from one to seven teeth. ..."
7. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Eildon is a high hill, terminating in three conical summits, immediately above
the town of ... terminating ..."
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