terminator

  1. Noun.  One who finishes.
  2. Noun.  (biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
  3. Noun.  (electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
  4. Noun.  (astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a planet.
  5. Noun.  (science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film ''(w, The Terminator) '').

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