Meaning of term | Babel Free

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1. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
   informal
2. One whose employment has been terminated
3. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
4. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus
5. To designate; call.
6. A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
7. A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan
8. (academic) trimester or semester
9. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
10. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract
11. to name or call. That kind of painting is termed `abstract'. noem يُدْعى، يُسَمّى наричам denominar označit, nazvat bezeichnen als kalde; betegne ονομάζω, χαραχτηρίζω llamar, denominar nimetama نامیدن kutsua appeler, nommer לְכַנוֹת कहलाना zvati, nazvati menyebut kallað, nefna chiamare, denominare 名づける 칭하다, 명명하다 vadinti(s), apibûdinti dinamakan noemenbenevne, kalledenominar a numi называть nazvať imenovati zvati benämna, kalla ตั้งชื่อ demek, adlandırmak 把...叫作 називати کہنا، نام دينا có tên ...
12. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
13. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made
14. using as a means of expression, a means of assessing value etc. He thought of everything in terms of money. in terme van, met gedagte aan بِلُغَة، من ناحِيَة от гледна точка на em termos (de) z hlediska, v souvislosti (s) in Form von udtrykt i από την άποψη, εκφρασμένος σε desde el punto de vista de, en función de seisukohalt, keeles از نظر suhteen en fonction de, du point de vue de בְּמוּנָחִים שֶׁל- विशेष ढंग से u smislu, u obliku vminek a szempontjából; vminek jegyében; vmiben megadva, kif...
    etc
15. A point, line, or superficies that limits.
    archaic
16. A point, line, or superficies that limits
17. A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.
18. A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
19. A point in time at which something ends; termination: an apprenticeship nearing its term.
20. Relations among people.
21. Law a. A fixed period of time for which an estate is granted.
    Law
22. Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
23. A word or group of words having a particular meaning, especially in a specific field: I was baffled by the technical terms that the programmers were using.
24. Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
25. often terms One of the elements of a proposed or concluded agreement; a condition: offered favorable peace terms; one of the terms of the lease; the terms of a divorce settlement.
26. The time during which legal courts are open.
27. terms The relationship between two people or groups; personal footing: on good terms with her in-laws.
28. Certain days on which rent is paid.
29. With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymic) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
30. The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
31. A menstrual period.
    archaic
32. Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
33. The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
34. An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
35. A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
36. A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Equivalents

Examples

“Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries.”

“At the decline of day, Winding above the mountain’s snowy term, New banners shone: […]”

“"Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms."”

“The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.”

“Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.”

“Q: What are your company's terms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; see Net D.]”

“The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.”

“The Cabin is large and commodious, well calculated for the Accommodation of Paſengers. Merchandiſe, Produce, &c. carried on the loweſt Terms.”

“A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.”

“"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.”

“The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.”

“We are on friendly terms with each other.”

“Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.”

“He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.”

“near-term, mid-term and long-term goals”

“the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt”

““I don’t believe that the people trust Netanyahu to lead when he is under the burden of such a devastating event that just happened under his term,” he told the Observer.”

“A pregnancy didn't come to term.”

“at term”

“preterm”

“postterm”

“My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks, gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again.”

“All the terms of this sum cancel out.”

“One only term is odd in ( 12; 3; 4 ).”

“The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes.”

“The pillers that haue bolſtered vp thoſe tearmes, Are falne in cluſters at my conquering feet.”

“You have been already informed, I have no doubt, of the subject which we have chosen: the adorning a Term of Hymen with festoons of flowers.”

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