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A fixture designed to be installed in the end of a cable or a conductor in order to facilitate the connection.

The speed at which an object in free-fall and not in a vacuum ceases to accelerate downwards because the force of gravity is equal and opposite to the drag force acting against it.

(computing) A computer terminal consisting of a monitor (usually in monochrome) and keyboard, but (unlike a personal computer) having almost no processing capability, used to provide input to and receive output from a remote server, minicomputer, or mainframe.

the facility on an airfield or airport where aircraft are loaded and unloaded of passengers or freight

(astronomy) The boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence, where the solar wind dramatically slows. / (by extension, astronomy) That point for space around any star.

Having an incurable condition that will lead to death.

(organic chemistry) Any acetylene (alkyne) having the triple bond attached to a terminal carbon atom; R-CC-H.

A structure in the brain, being a band of fibers running along the lateral margin of the ventricular surface of the thalamus.

(law, archaic) A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case. / (law, archaic) The hearing or trial carried out under such authority.