term

Definition of term

a word or expression used for some particular thing

"he learned many medical terms"

a limited period of time

"a prison term"

"he left school before the end of term"

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; prison term, sentence, time
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; hard time
a term served in a maximum security prison; life, life sentence
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; academic session, academic term, school term, session
the time during which a school holds classes; summer school
an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study; semester
one of two divisions of an academic year; trimester
one of three divisions of an academic year; quarter
one of four periods into which the school year is divided; incumbency, tenure, term of office
the term during which some position is held; administration, presidency, presidential term
the tenure of a president; vice-presidency, vice-presidential term
the tenure of a vice president; episcopate
the term of office of a bishop

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

"the terms of the treaty were generous"

Type of:: statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

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

Type of:: quantity
the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

"the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; subject
(logic) the first term of a proposition; predicate
(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; referent
the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate; relatum
a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition; categorem, categoreme
a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition; major term
the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion; minor term
the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion; middle term
the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

Type of:: constituent, grammatical constituent
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

"a healthy baby born at full term"

(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

name formally or designate with a term