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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TERM'INATOR, n. In astronomy, a name sometimes given to the circle of illumination, form its property of terminating the boundaries of light and darkness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) [syn: exterminator, terminator, eradicator]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1770 1. the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon's or a planet's disk 2. one that terminates

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that terminates. 2 the dividing line between the light and dark part of a planetary body.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Terminator Ter"mi*na`tor, n. [L., he who limits or sets bounds.] 1. One who, or that which, terminates. 2. (Astron.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.