terminator

2 definitions • 3 examples

someone or something that terminates (= ends) something:

The article described Yeltsin as a terminator of the Soviet system.

Certain words and characters are interpreted as commands, separators, or command terminators.

the line that separates the dark part of the moon or a planet from the part that is lit up:

As the moon rises, the terminator will fall across the crater, and the floor of the crater will be in shadow.