Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
2. Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
3. (geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
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.
5. (university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.

Example Sentences

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

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• coterminals

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Use coterminal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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