n.
(pl. termini
/-nʌɪ/
or terminuses)
- chiefly Brit. a railway or bus terminal.
▸an oil or gas terminal.
- an end or extremity.
- Architecture a figure of a human bust or animal ending in a square pillar from which it appears to spring, originally a boundary marker in ancient Rome.
Etymology
C16: from L., ‘end, limit, boundary’.