Coterminal

Quick meaning: Coterminal is a noun meaning (aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.

Meaning

(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.

More Meanings

1. Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
2. (geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
3. (university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
4. (category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.

Example Sentences

coterminal student

When you try to draw two coterminal angles on a circle, you will find that you only get one line.

Word Forms

• coterminals

Synonyms for coterminal

Depending on context, synonyms include initial.

Antonyms for coterminal

Common opposites include terminal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interchangeable, conterminousness, intermodalism, intercommoner, concurrency, commonality.

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