Term
Definition of Term
| n. | 1. | That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary. | | 2. | The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life. | | 3. | In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms. | | 4. | (Geom.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid. | | 5. | (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration | | 6. | (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. | | 7. | A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. | | 8. | (Arch.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; - called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. | | 9. | (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd. | | 10. | (Med.) The menses. | | 11. | (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions. | | 12. | (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents. | | 13. | (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. | | v. t. | 1. | To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. |
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