subterminal

1. 1.

   near but not precisely at an end

   “a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers”

   Similarintermediate

Questions about subterminal

What does subterminal mean?

subterminal means "near but not precisely at an end".

How many syllables are in subterminal?

subterminal has 4 syllables and divides as sub-ter-mi-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is subterminal a common word?

subterminal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.