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
   "The fall term begins in September"
    
5. One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
   "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
    
6. Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
   "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
    
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
   "The garden was adorned with terms depicting Greek gods";
   - terminus, terminal figure

1. Name formally or designate with a term
   "The scientists termed the new species 'Homo naledi'"

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