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term

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a word or expression used for some particular thing(noun.communication)

Example:
He learned many medical terms.

source: wordnet30
a limited period of time(noun.time)

Example:
A prison term.
He left school before the end of term.

source: wordnet30
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement(noun.communication)

Example:
The terms of the treaty were generous.

Synonym:
condition

source: wordnet30
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial(noun.cognition)

Example:
The general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree.

source: wordnet30
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition(noun.communication)

Example:
The major term of a syllogism must occur twice.

source: wordnet30
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent(noun.time)

Example:
A healthy baby born at full term.

Synonym:
full term

source: wordnet30
(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(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
terminal figure, terminus

source: wordnet30
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.(noun)

source: webster1913

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