terminide
Terminide is a neologism used in technical literature and speculative writing to denote a class of terminal-binding agents or the concept of an "end-state" modifier in assembled systems. The word combines the root termin- (boundary, end) with the chemical suffix -ide, and is applied broadly to materials, molecules, or mechanisms that deliberately cap, terminate, or stabilize the ends of chains, processes, or lifecycles.
In scientific contexts, terminide describes agents that selectively bind to terminal sites on polymers, nucleic acids,
Applications envisioned for terminide-like agents include controlled polymerization termination, regulation of self-assembly in nanotechnology, and temporal
Outside technical use, terminide occurs in fiction as a plot device or exotic material. Because the term