terminator
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈtɜrməˌneɪtər/ · UK /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtə/
terminator means: A person or thing that ends something, especially by killing or destroying.
noun
A person or thing that ends something, especially by killing or destroying.
- They hired a terminator to kill the leader.
- The story’s terminator destroys everything in its path.
- A ruthless terminator was sent after the escaped prisoners.
A character or group of characters that marks the end of text or a message.
- The parser checks for a terminator.
- A missing string terminator caused the program to fail.
- Each message ends with the same terminator.
The line separating the bright and dark sides of a planet or moon.
- The terminator crosses the moon’s surface.
- Craters near the terminator cast long shadows.
- Through the telescope, we watched the lunar terminator shift.
A stretch of DNA that signals the end of the process of making RNA.
- The gene has a terminator.
- This terminator signals the end of transcription.
- Researchers changed the terminator sequence in the bacterial DNA.
Questions about terminator
What does terminator mean?
A person or thing that ends something, especially by killing or destroying.
What is terminator in other languages?
Türkçe: yok edici · Español: exterminador · Français: exterminateur · Deutsch: Vernichter · Italiano: sterminatore · 日本語: 抹殺者
How do you pronounce terminator?
In American English /ˈtɜrməˌneɪtər/; in British English /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtə/.
How do you use terminator in a sentence?
They hired a terminator to kill the leader. The story’s terminator destroys everything in its path.
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