terminating

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 1.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of terminate
2. adjective Coming to an end.
3. adjective Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.

   Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

Similar words

dismiss cease give the axe force out stop end finish send away give notice can

Often followed by

in the at a with on his their an equipment

Word family

terminal terminals terminate terminated terminates termination terminations