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Definition of Terminator

1. Noun. Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects).

Definition of Terminator

1. n. One who, or that which, terminates.

Definition of Terminator

1. Noun. One who finishes. ¹

2. Noun. (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. ¹

3. Noun. (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line. ¹

4. Noun. (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a planet. ¹

5. Noun. (science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film ''(w The Terminator)''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Terminator

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Terminator

1. DNA sequence at the end of a transcription unit that causes RNA polymerase to stop transcription. (13 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminator

Literary usage of Terminator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1873)
"One faint marking was observed near the limb ; and the terminator was evidently polygonal. (Fig. 6.) Jan. 22nd. 2h 30™ to 3h om. A very delicate marking was ..."

2. The Moon: A Full Description and Map of Its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger (1895)
"... crosses the moon's equator, which it does very nearly at right angles. TABLE I. Position of the Moon's terminator on March 1, noon GMT, of each year. ..."

3. Astronomical Register (1880)
"When the lunar terminator is beyond the 3oth meridian of east longitude, ... terminator+7°. Gaudibert. The region round Hyginus N may not have been observed ..."

4. Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell (1906)
"In this case Projection on terminator. the phenomenon was specially potent in that it was the first to be detected that year. Its singularity was amply ..."

5. An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students by Denison Olmsted (1839)
"The line which separates the enlightened from the dark portions of the moon's disk, is called the terminator. (See Fig. 2. Frontispiece. ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"The morning terminator on the eastern boundary of the Mare ... The terminator on Eratosthenes and Plato. In Xo. 11 Linné is not marked. " 1841, September (! ..."

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