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Noun term has 7 senses
- term - a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
--1 is a kind of word
--1 has particulars: referent
- term - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
--2 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--2 has part: midterm
--2 has particulars:
- condition, 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"
--3 is a kind of statement
--3 is a part of agreement, understanding
- term - any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
--4 is a kind of quantity
- term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
--5 is a kind of constituent, grammatical constituent
--5 is a part of proposition
--5 has particulars:
- term, full term - the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
--6 is a kind of point, point in time
--6 is a part of gestation, gestation period
- 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
--7 is a kind of statue
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