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Ter′mi-nal.


Electro-magnetism.) The clamping-screw at each end of a voltaic battery, used for connecting it with the wires which complete the circuit. One terminal b is at the copper or negative pole, and the other a at the zinc or positive pole. Their connection by wire starts the battery into action.

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