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Words with a similar base: full_term, term, terminal_figure, terminus

'term'

[term.n.01] as in: a word or expression used for some particular thing

Examples:
he learned many medical terms

'term'

[term.n.02] as in: a limited period of time

Examples:
a prison term
he left school before the end of term

'term'

[condition.n.07] as in: (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

Examples:
the contract set out the conditions of the lease
the terms of the treaty were generous

'term'

[term.n.04] as in: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

Examples:
the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree

'term'

[term.n.05] as in: one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

Examples:
the major term of a syllogism must occur twice

'term'

[term.n.06] as in: the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

Examples:
a healthy baby born at full term

'term'

[terminus.n.03] as in: (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

'term'

[term.v.01] as in: name formally or designate with a term

Origins

					term (English)
└── terme (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── terme (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── terminus (Latin)