Ter·mi·nal a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
 2. Bot. Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
 3. Railroads Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
 Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
 Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
 Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.


 terminal velocity
      n : the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling
          through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity