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[ noun ] (linguistics) a word or expression used for some particular thing
Examples "he learned many medical terms" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)We use the term `` bio-medicine '' because of the close interrelation between biology and medical research . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)I intend to include under the term all the practical courses open to boys and girls . Indeed , one school_superintendent in a large city objects to the use of the term comprehensive high_school for the senior_high_schools in his city , because these schools do not offer strictly vocational_programs . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)So in these pages the term `` technology '' is used to include any and all means which could amplify , project , or augment man 's control over himself and over other men . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Helen_Deutsch informed us ( The_Psychology_of_Women , Vol. 2 , , 434 ) that in all cultures `` the term ' stepmother ' automatically evokes deprecatory implications '' , a conclusion accepted by many . |
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[ verb ] name formally or designate with a term
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Daniel termed `` extremely conservative '' his estimate that it would produce 17 million dollars to help erase an anticipated deficit of 63 million dollars at the end of the current fiscal_year next Aug. 31 . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)Such an instrument is expected to be especially useful if it could be used to measure the elasticity of heavy pastes such_as printing_inks , paints , adhesives , molten plastics , and bread_dough , for the elasticity is related to those various properties termed `` length '' , `` shortness '' , `` spinnability '' , etc. , which are usually judged by subjective methods at_present . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Those who refused to believe that He was the eternal Son of God were termed Arianists . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a limited period of time
Examples "a prison term" "he left school before the end of term" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)The jury further said in term end presentments that the City_Executive_Committee , which had over-all charge of the election , `` deserves the praise and thanks of the City_of_Atlanta '' for the manner in which the election was conducted . The September October term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior_Court_Judge_Durwood_Pye to investigate reports of possible `` irregularities '' in the hard-fought primary which was won by Mayor-nominate_Ivan_Allen_Jr. . When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race , it voted no - and there were no dissents . ("Editorials"...)U_Thant of_course , will hold office until the spring of 1963 , when Mr._Hammarskjold 's term would have come to an end . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Business loans generally are repayable in regular installments - usually monthly , including interest at the rate of 5 - 1/2 percent per_annum on the unpaid balance - and have a maximum maturity of 10 years ; the term of loans for working_capital is 6 years . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
Synonyms Examples "the contract set out the conditions of the lease" "the terms of the treaty were generous" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)As the time drew_near for the drawing of the British American frontier by terms of the agreement of 1818 , the company suspected that the Pembina_colony - its own post and Fort_Daer - was on American territory . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)Government itself was based upon contract ; business_organization - the corporation - was analyzed in contractual terms ; trade was based on freedom of contract , and money was lent and borrowed on contractual terms ; even marriage and the family was seen as a contractual arrangement . (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)And in_all_likelihood , by now , there was more than one person in the house who knew the terms of her marriage_contract . |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
Examples "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)Since N and N ' are both nilpotent and they commute , the operator * * f is nilpotent ; for , using the fact that N and N ' commute * * f and so when r is sufficiently large every term in this expression for * * f will be 0 . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)The word `` binomial '' means `` of two names '' or `` of two terms '' , and both usages apply in our work : the first to the names of the two outcomes of a binomial trial , and the second to the terms p and * * f that represent the probabilities of `` success '' and `` failure '' . The word `` binomial '' means `` of two names '' or `` of two terms '' , and both usages apply in our work : the first to the names of the two outcomes of a binomial trial , and the second to the terms p and * * f that represent the probabilities of `` success '' and `` failure '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
Examples "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)It was the collage that made the terms of_this dilemma clear : the representational could be restored and preserved only on the flat and literal surface now that illusion and representation had become , for_the_first_time , mutually_exclusive alternatives . |
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[ noun ] (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
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