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term
n. [F. terme, L. termen, -inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. , . See Thrum a tuft, and cf. Terminus, Determine, Exterminate.]1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary. ()
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries. (Bacon.)
2. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life. ()
3. In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms. ()
4. (Geom.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid. ()
5. (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration (Bouvier.)
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6. (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. ()
The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes. (Sir W. Hamilton.)
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7. A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. (Chaucer.)
In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of terms. (Dryden.)
8. (Arch.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. ()
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9. (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd. ()
10. (Med.) The menses. ()
11. (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions. ()
12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents. ()
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13. (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. (J. Knowels.)
In term, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I can not speak in term. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Term fee (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court. -- Terms of a proportion (Math.), the four members of which it is composed. -- To bring to terms, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms. -- To make terms, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree. ()
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v. t. [See Term, n., and cf. Terminate.] To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. ()
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe imaginary space. (Locke.)
n. [NL. See Term, n.] (Anat.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. (B. G. Wilder.)


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