term /tɜrm/
1. a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
synset: term
2. a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
synset: term
3. (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"
synset: condition, strings, term
4. any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
synset: term
5. one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
synset: term
6. the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
7. (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
synset: terminus, terminal_figure, term
1. name formally or designate with a term
synset: term
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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