terminus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a place where something ends or is complete
    end point; endpoint; termination.
  2. noun the ultimate goal for which something is done
    destination.
  3. noun (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
    term; terminal figure.
  4. noun either end of a railroad or bus route
  5. noun station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    terminal; depot.

WordNet

Ter"mi*nus noun
Etymology
L. See Term.
Wordforms
plural Termini
Definitions
  1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
  2. (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.
  3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
  4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.

Webster 1913