Ter`mi*na"tion (?), n.
[L. terminatio a bounding, fixing,
determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]
1. The act of
terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of
hostilities.
2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the
termination of a line.
3. End in
time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
4. End; conclusion; result.
Hallam.
5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
6. A word;
a term. [R. & Obs.] Shak.
7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final
syllable or letter; the part added to a
stem in inflection.
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