terminator

sterminatore, assassino

Persona o cosa che pone fine a qualcosa, soprattutto uccidendo o distruggendo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: killer, exterminator

Espressioni comuni: a ruthless terminator, a hired terminator

terminatore

Carattere o gruppo di caratteri che indica la fine di un testo o messaggio.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: end marker

Espressioni comuni: string terminator, null terminator, message terminator

terminatore

Linea che separa il lato illuminato da quello buio di un pianeta o di una luna.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: day-night boundary

Espressioni comuni: lunar terminator, the moon’s terminator, near the terminator

terminatore

Tratto di DNA che segnala la fine del processo di produzione di RNA.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: transcription terminator, terminator sequence, a bacterial terminator