7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part
added to a stem in inflection.
Ter`mi*na"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to termination; forming a
termination.
Ter"mi*na*tive (?), a. Tending or serving to terminate; terminating;
determining; definitive. Bp. Rust. — Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer.
Taylor.
Ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L., he who limits or sets bounds.] 1. One who,
or that which, terminates.
2. (Astron.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the
unilluminated part of the moon.
Ter"mi*na*to*ry (?), a. Terminative.
Ter"mine (?), v. t. [Cf. F. terminer.] To terminate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Ter"mi*ner (?), n. [F. terminer to bound, limit, end. See Terminate.]
(Law) A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
Ter"mi*nism (?), n. The doctrine held by the Terminists.
Ter"mi*nist (?), n. [Cf. F. terministe.] (Theol.) One of a class of
theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the
probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer,
they have the offer to grace. Murdock.
Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to terminology. —
Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ter`mi*nol"o*gy (?), n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F.
terminologie.] 1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or
appellations; a treatise on terms.
2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like;
nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a
terminology altogether new.
De Quincey.
Ter"mi*nus (?), n.; pl. Termini (#). [L. See Term.] 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.