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terminate
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
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verb
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
“to terminate a surface by a line”
To set or be a limit or boundary to.
To kill.
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
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Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
“Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.”
Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
“One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.”
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to terminate a surface by a line
Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
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