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subterminal

subterminal adjective: positioned near an end.

Adjective

subterminal (not comparable)

  1. Positioned near an end
  2. Less than terminal

Antonyms of subterminal

Origin of subterminal

From sub- + terminal.

Words formed from subterminal

Questions about subterminal

What does subterminal mean?
Subterminal means positioned near an end.
What part of speech is subterminal?
Subterminal is an adjective.

Words near subterminal in the dictionary

  1. subterfluous
  2. subterfuge
  3. subterfuges
  4. subterhuman
  5. subterm
  6. subterminal
  7. subterminally
  8. subterms
  9. subternatural
  10. subterposed
  11. subterposition

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