Terminus
See also: terminus
English
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An emblem of Terminus from 1621
Etymology
From terminus (“a boundary or border, a limit or point”)
Proper noun
Terminus
- (Roman mythology) The god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia
Derived terms
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Noun
Terminus m
- term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge, i.e., a technical term)
Synonyms
- Fachausdruck
- Fachbegriff
- Fachbezeichnung
- Fachterminus (colloquially: Fachterm)
- Fachwort
- Terminus technicus
Derived terms
- Fachterminus
- Terminus technicus
See also
- Termin
- Terminus ad quem
- Terminus ante quem
- Terminus a quo
- Terminus post quem
Latin
Etymology
From terminus (“a boundary, a limit”).
Proper noun
Terminus
- the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus (“a boundary, a limit”)
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