Definition of term
Nouns
a word or expression used for some particular thing
"he learned many medical terms"
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referent
something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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word
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
a limited period of time
"a prison term"
"he left school before the end of term"
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prison term, sentence, time
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
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hard time
a term served in a maximum security prison
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life, life sentence
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
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academic session, academic term, school term, session
the time during which a school holds classes
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summer school
an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study
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semester
one of two divisions of an academic year
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trimester
one of three divisions of an academic year
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quarter
one of four periods into which the school year is divided
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incumbency, tenure, term of office
the term during which some position is held
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administration, presidency, presidential term
the tenure of a president
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vice-presidency, vice-presidential term
the tenure of a vice president
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episcopate
the term of office of a bishop
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period, period of time, time period
an amount of time
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
"the terms of the treaty were generous"
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- condition
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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"
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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"
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subject
(logic) the first term of a proposition
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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
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referent
the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
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relatum
a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
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categorem, categoreme
a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition
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major term
the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
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minor term
the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
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middle term
the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
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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"
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- full term
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point, point in time
an instant of time
(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
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- terminal figure, terminus
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statue
a sculpture representing a human or animal
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Words that contain term
academic term
accouterment
aftermath
aftermost
Agropyron intermedium
air terminal
airport terminal
Amsinckia intermedia
antigenic determinant
arteria temporalis intermedia
betterment
bus terminal
buttermilk
buttermilk biscuit
buttermilk pancake
carry to term
conterminous
contradiction in terms
Cordyline terminalis
costermonger

