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    • term :a word or expression used for some particular thing
      • he learned many medical terms

    • term :a limited period of time
      • a prison term|he left school before the end of term

    • 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

    • term :any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
      • the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree

    • term :one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
      • the major term of a syllogism must occur twice

    • term :the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
      • a healthy baby born at full term

    • term :name formally or designate with a term

      • 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

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