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Noun
  • (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
  • the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
    • a healthy baby born at full term
  • one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
    • the major term of a syllogism must occur twice
  • any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
    • the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree
  • (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
  • a limited period of time
    • a prison term
    • he left school before the end of term
  • a word or expression used for some particular thing
    • he learned many medical terms
Verb
  • name formally or designate with a term
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