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term

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01noun

a word or expression used for some particular thing

“he learned many medical terms”

02noun

a limited period of time

“a prison term”

“he left school before the end of term”

03noun

(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”

04noun

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

“the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree”

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05noun

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

“the major term of a syllogism must occur twice”

06noun

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

“a healthy baby born at full term”

07noun

(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

08verb

name formally or designate with a term

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