terminate (term in at)

[L. term in at us, pp.: see the verb.] Capable of coming to an end; limited; bounded: as, a terminate decimal. A terminate number is an integer, a mixed number, or a vulgar fraction. See in terminate. termination (ter-mi-nā'shon), n. [OF. termination, vernacularly term in a is on, F. term in a i son = Sp. term in a cion = Pg. term in ação = It. term in azione, Hallam, Middle Ages, ii. 7. 4. In gram., the end or ending of a word; the part annexed to the root or stem of an inflected word (a case-ending or other formative), or in general a syllable or letter, or number of letters, at the end of a word.-5. Conclusion; completion; i ue; result: as, the affair was brought to a happy termination.-6. Decision; determination. [Rare.] We have rules of justice in us; to those rules Let us apply our angers; you can consider The want in others of these terminations , And how unfurnish'd they appear. Fletcher (and another), Love's Pilgrimage, ii. 1. 7. That which ends or finishes off, as, in architecture, a finial or a pinnacle.-8. Word; term. H. W. Warren, Astronomy, p. 155.