terminating
verb
Definitions
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
Example: to terminate a surface by a line
To set or be a limit or boundary to.
To kill.
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
adjective
Definitions
Coming to an end.
Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.
Example: Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.