Today's Word "terminus"
The finishing point
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terminus \TUR-muh-nuhs\ (noun) - 1 : The finishing point; the end. 2 : A boundary; a border; a limit. 3 : A post or stone marking a boundary. 4 : Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; also, the station house, town, or city at that place.
"It had been almost two T-centuries since the Basilisk terminus of the Manticoran Wormhole Junction had been mapped, and so far as Zachary knew, no living officer in the Star Kingdom, naval or civilian, had ever commanded the first transit through a new discovered terminus... until her." -- David Weber, 'War of Honor'
Terminus is from the Latin word meaning "limit or boundary." It is related to term, "a limited period of time," and terminate, "to bring to an end."
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