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Meaning of term

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  term
      n 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 contract set out the conditions of the
         lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn:
         {condition}, {term}]
      4: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general
         term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
      5: one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the
         major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
      6: the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a
         healthy baby born at full term" [syn: {term}, {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 [syn: {terminus}, {terminal
         figure}, {term}]
      v 1: name formally or designate with a term

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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