term
nouns
a word or expression used for some particular thing
"he learned many medical terms"
is a type of (narrower)
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
a limited period of time
"a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
is a type of (narrower)
an amount of time
"a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
(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"
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
"the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
is a type of (narrower)
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"
is a part of
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
is a type of (narrower)
(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
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