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1. A word or expression used for some particular thing
   "he learned many medical terms"
    
2. A limited period of time
   "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
    
3. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
   "the terms of the treaty were generous";
   - condition, strings
    
4. One of two or more parts of an academic year during which students attend classes or lectures
    
5. Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
   "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
    
6. One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
   "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
    
7. The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
   "a healthy baby born at full term";
   - full term
    
8. (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
   - terminus, terminal figure

1. Name formally or designate with a term

Derived forms: termed, terming, terms

Type of: be known as, call, christen, constituent, grammatical constituent, know as, name, period, period of time, point, point in time, quantity, statement, statue, time period, time span, word

Part of: agreement, gestation, gestation period, proposition, understanding

Encyclopedia: Term, Iran