endgame vs terminal

endgame

noun
  • The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan. 

  • The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. 

  • The final stage of any game. 

  • The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges. 

  • The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left. 

adj
  • Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such. 

terminal

noun
  • the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. 

  • A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus. 

  • A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display. 

  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. 

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. 

  • An electric contact on a battery. 

  • A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles. 

  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. 

  • The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide. 

  • The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device. 

  • A terminal symbol in a formal grammar. 

  • A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution. 

  • A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses. 

verb
  • To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution. 

adj
  • Fatal; resulting in death. 

  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object. 

  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it 

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