What does "termination" mean?
Termination: That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
Additional senses
- 2.End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
- 3.End; conclusion; result. Hallam.
- 4.Last purpose of design. [R.]
- 5.A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] Shak.
- 6.(Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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