terminator
- a person or thing that terminates.
- Astronomy. the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of a satellite or planet, especially the moon.
Origin of terminator
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Contemporary Examples of terminator
You know, James Cameron: the director of The Terminator, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar, among other obscure movies.
Queen Victoria had the reputation of being a humorless, dour battleaxe, a Terminator in bombazine.
Most of the Schwarzenegger movies currently in development are throwbacks to his glory days: Terminator: Genesis.
The Terminator was the second feature film James Cameron had directed, and was his first hit.
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After surprising box office success, The Terminator would go on to spawn three sequels.
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Historical Examples of terminator
The "terminator" is the boundary between the lighted and the dark portion of the disc.
To Mars via The MoonMark Wicks
The liberation of the tiny planet and consequent shifting of the terminator was bringing frigidity to Vulcan's Workshop.
Vulcan's WorkshopHarl Vincent
The general shape of this line is never a circle but always elliptical, and astronomers call it the terminator.
AstronomyDavid Todd
They would certainly be indicated on the terminator, and yet not a trace of such markings has been found.
Mars and its MysteryEdward Sylvester Morse
If the Moon was as smooth as a billiard ball the terminator would be clear cut.
Mars and its MysteryEdward Sylvester Morse
terminator
- the line dividing the illuminated and dark part of the moon or a planet
Word Origin and History for terminator
1770, "line of separation between the bright and dark parts of a moon or planet," from Latin terminator, from terminare (see terminus). Meaning "one who terminates (something)" is attested from 1846.