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• railroad terminal — noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑railway station, ↑railroad station, ↑train station, ↑train depot • Hypernyms: ↑terminal, ↑terminus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Terminal — Ter mi*nal ( nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See {Term}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Terminal moraine — Terminal Ter mi*nal ( nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See {Term}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Terminal statue — Terminal Ter mi*nal ( nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See {Term}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Terminal velocity — Terminal Ter mi*nal ( nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See {Term}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Terminal railroad — A terminal railroad (or terminal railway) is a railroad company in the United States that owns no cars of its own and transports only the railroad cars of other companies. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=NGU8AAAAIAAJ pg=PA802… …   Wikipedia

• Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis — The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis reporting mark|TRRA is a Class III railroad terminal railroad owned by railroads in St. Louis, Missouri which handles traffic through its metropolitan area.ComponentsIt was founded in 1889 in a deal… …   Wikipedia

• railroad station — noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑railway station, ↑railroad terminal, ↑train station, ↑train depot • Hypernyms: ↑terminal, ↑terminus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• terminal — 1. adjective 1) a terminal illness Syn: incurable, untreatable, inoperable; fatal, mortal, deadly; Medicine immedicable 2) terminal patients Syn: incurable, dying; near death, on one s deathbed, on one …   Thesaurus of popular words

• terminal company — noun : a company or organization whose business is the operation of a railroad terminal …   Useful english dictionary

• Railroad electrification in the United States — comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification.Streetcars and interurban systems are not within the scope of this… …   Wikipedia