adj
Meaning 1
Positioned near an end
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
subterminal
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adj
Meaning 2
Less than terminal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
near but not precisely at an end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal English subterminal From sub- + terminal.
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