terminus
terminus is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Myth.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
- 2.Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
- 3.Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- backwoods
- beyond
- boundary
- bourn
- but
- circumvallation
- confine
- conterminable
- conterminate
- curbstone
- definite
- demarcation
- enclave
- far
- frontier
- further
- landmark
- limit
- line
- pale
- plus
- point
- precinct
- reservation
- sluice
- stick
- stint
- term
- terminal
- termination
- the
- thus
- turning
- ultra
- verge
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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