Definition of Terminal figure

1. Noun. (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

Exact synonyms: Term, Terminus
Generic synonyms: Statue
Category relationships: Architecture

Definition of Terminal figure

1. Noun. A statue carved out of the top of a square pillar, used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminal Figure

terminal acetylenes
terminal addition enzyme
terminal artery
terminal bar
terminal boutons
terminal bronchiole
terminal care
terminal cisternae
terminal control area
terminal crest
terminal deletion
terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase
terminal disinfection
terminal emulation
terminal endocarditis
terminal figure
terminal figures
terminal filum
terminal ganglion
terminal haematuria
terminal hair
terminal hinge position
terminal ileitis
terminal ileus
terminal infection
terminal jaw relation record
terminal leave
terminal leaves
terminal leukocytosis

Literary usage of Terminal figure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A terminal figure, especially one of the sort called by the Greeks Hermes ... A terminal figure is a decorative figure in which a head, or a head and bust, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A terminal figure, especially one of the sort called by the Greeks Hermes (which see ... A terminal figure is a decorative figure in which a head, ..."

3. Elementary Mathematical Tables by Alexander Macfarlane (1890)
"If the number of three figures is less than 317, we have to find the square of the third figure, and append the terminal figure to the entry of the table, ..."

4. Miscellaneous Notes and Queries (1892)
"It may be remarked in passing that as the terminal figure of a is 9, the terminal figure of one number must be 1, 3, 7, or 9, and the terminal figure of the ..."

5. Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1908)
"Part of panel with borders of beads, in which is a male terminal figure to the front, with r. hand on 1. hip, and 1. arm over his head, holding a loop of ..."

6. Pompeii: Its History, Buildings, and Antiquities: Its History, Buildings by Thomas Henry Dyer (1867)
"Both a consular and a terminal figure were found here, but there is no reason for supposing that one of the latter was placed before each column of the ..."

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