1. (

• term

) a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms" ;

2. (

• term

) a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" ;

3. (

• condition ,
• strings ,
• term ,

) (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" ;

4. (

• term

) any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" ;

5. (

• term ,

) one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" ;

6. (

• term ,
• full_term

) the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term" ;

7. (

• terminus ,
• terminal_figure ,
• term

) (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 ;

1. (

• term

) name formally or designate with a term ;