terminal juncture
noun Phonetics.
a form of juncture consisting of a change in pitch before a pause, marking the end of an utterance or a break between utterances, as between clauses.
Compare close juncture, juncture(def 7), open juncture.
Origin of terminal juncture
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby terminal juncture
terminal bud,
terminal filum,
terminal hair,
terminal ileitis,
terminal infection,
terminal juncture,
terminal leave,
terminal line,
terminal market,
terminal moraine,
terminal nerve