term

Definitions

1. 1noun

   That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

2. 2noun

   The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

3. 3noun

   In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

4. 4noun

   A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.

5. 5noun

   A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration

6. 6noun

   The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.

7. 7noun

   A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.

8. 8noun

   The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.

9. 9noun

   The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

10. 10noun

    A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.

11. 11noun

    A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus., 2 and 3.

12. 12noun

    A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

13. 13noun

    The menses.

14. 14noun

    Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

15. 15noun

    In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

16. 16noun

    A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

17. 17noun

    To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.

18. 18noun

    (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

    Synonyms

    terminus
19. 19noun

    any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

    "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"

20. 20noun

    a word or expression used for some particular thing

    "he learned many medical terms"

21. 21noun

    one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

    "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

22. 22noun

    (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

    "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"

    "the terms of the treaty were generous"

    Synonyms

    condition
23. 23noun

    a limited period of time

    "a prison term"

    "he left school before the end of term"

24. 24noun

    the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

    "a healthy baby born at full term"

25. 25verb

    name formally or designate with a term