The phrase "a number of terminals" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple terminals, typically in contexts related to technology, transportation, or communication.
Example: "The airport has a number of terminals that serve both domestic and international flights."
Alternatives: "several terminals" or "multiple terminals".
The Port of Singapore Authority oversees all shipping activity and operates a number of terminals on the island.
They unload at a number of terminals, one of which is owned by a Canadian teachers' pension fund.
A novel feedback-based adaptive network coded cooperation (FANCC) scheme is proposed for wireless networks that comprise a number of terminals transmitting data to a common destination.
The port of Santos has made some improvements in recent years - a number of terminals have been privatised and more streamlined operations have been put in place, but it has not been enough to cope with increased demand.
The CEBPs are important in a number of terminal differentiating systems [39]; E2Fs in promoting cell-cycle progression [40], [41]; NOTCH1 is coupling growth and differentiation [42]; SMand and LEF1 connect to TGFβ and WNT signaling [43].
A number of terminal differentiation markers of hair follicles, including hair follicle-specific keratins, were significantly down-regulated in transgenic skin at late developmental stages, E18.5 and P1, and hair keratin-associated proteins were also down-regulated at P1 (Fig. S1).
We have proposed a simplified model by putting a number of terminal deadenylation reactions into a single one [ 37].
Recently, studies demonstrated that during a number of terminal differentiation processes, TBP protein levels become dramatically downregulated.
In fact, the solutions of the 50 GP runs are functions of a number of terminal that ranges from 1 to 23, with a median value of 4, and first and third quartiles of 2 and 7 respectively.
The regression tree produces mean tree-cover estimates in a number of terminal nodes, where the number of nodes is determined by the calibration data used to derive the tree, statistical thresholds for addition of branches, and selection of pruning methods.
A number of axon terminals buckled near the silicone wall when the strain was decreased to 0.15 (Fig. 4b), whereas other axon terminals appeared to slide in horizontal directions.
