Word: terminator
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ter
mi
na
tor
Definition: A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
Morphemes:
Affix: terminate
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: terminātus
Language: la
Decoded: terminatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: marked off (by boundaries), bounded, limited
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance