Definition of Termination

1. Noun. A coming to an end of a contract period. "The expiry of his driver's license"

Exact synonyms: Expiration, Expiry
Generic synonyms: End, Ending
Derivative terms: Expire

2. Noun. A place where something ends or is complete.
Exact synonyms: End Point, Endpoint, Terminus
Generic synonyms: End, Terminal
Derivative terms: Terminate

3. Noun. Something that results. "He listened for the results on the radio"

4. Noun. The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme). "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
Exact synonyms: Ending
Generic synonyms: Morpheme
Specialized synonyms: Postfix, Suffix, Inflectional Ending, Inflectional Suffix

5. Noun. The act of ending something. "The termination of the agreement"

Definition of Termination

1. n. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

Definition of Termination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Termination

1. Stop of mRNA synthesis (i.e., transcription) at the terminator site Top of protein synthesis (i.e., translation) at the stop codon. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Termination

terminal sulcus
terminal thread
terminal transferase
terminal transferases
terminal vein
terminal velocity
terminal ventricle
terminal web
terminase
terminate
terminated
terminates
terminating
terminatio
termination (current term)
termination (current term)
terminational
terminationes
terminationes nervorum liberae
terminations
termination codon
termination factor
termination region
termination sequence
terminative
terminatively
terminator
terminator
terminators
terminator regions (genetics)

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