See Also: Terminator(medicine)
terminator(dictionary)
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terminator (iou)



terminator noun. L18.
[In sense 1 mod. spec. use of late Latin terminator; in senses 2, 3 from TERMINATE verb, TERMINATION + -OR.]
Astronomy. The line of separation between the illuminated and unilluminated parts of the visible disc of the moon or a planet. L18.
gen. A person who or thing which terminates something. M19.
Biochemistry. A sequence of polynucleotides that causes transcription to end, resulting in the release of the newly synthesized nucleic acid from the template molecule. M20.