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termination(dictionary)
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termination factor(medicine)

termination (iou)



termination noun. LME.
[Old French termination, terminaison or Latin terminatio(n-), formed as TERMINATE verb: see -ATION.]
I. The action of terminating.
Determination, decision. LME-M17.
The action of putting an end to something or bringing something to a close. Formerly also, the action of limiting something spatially, bounding. E17.
b. Chemistry & Biochemistry. The cessation of the building up of a polymer molecule. M20.
c. Dismissal from employment. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.
d. The ending of pregnancy before term by artificial means; esp. an induced abortion. M20.
e. Assassination (spec. of an intelligence agent). L20.
II. The point or part in which anything ends.
End (in time), cessation, close, conclusion. Also, outcome, result. L15.
The final syllable, letter, or group of letters in a word; spec. in Grammar, a final element affixed to a word or stem to express some relation or modification of sense; an (inflectional or derivative) ending, a suffix. M16.
A limit, a bound; an end, an extremity (of a material object or portion of space). M18.
terminational adjective (chiefly Grammar) of, pertaining to, or forming a termination or terminations; closing, final: E19.