term

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English terme < Old French terme < Latin terminus (“‘a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: tûrm, IPA: /tɜːm/, SAMPA: /t3:m/
• (US) enPR: tûrm, IPA: /tɝm/, SAMPA: /t3`m/
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  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m

[edit] Noun

term (plural terms)

1. A limitation, restriction or regulation.

   terms and conditions

2. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
3. Relations among people.

   We are on friendly terms with each other.

4. A part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year in Britain; Michaelmas term, Lent term or Easter term, the equivalent to the American semester.
5. (mathematics) any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression

   All of these terms cancel out.

6. a duration of a set length; a period in office of fixed length.

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

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

7. (computing) a terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
8. (of a patent) the maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force
9. (astrology) 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

[edit] Derived terms

• terms and conditions
• blanket term
• come to terms
• umbrella term
• collective term
• long-term
• midterm
• short-term
• term logic
• term limit
• term of art
• at term

[edit] Related terms

• terminal
• terminate

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• idiom
• lexeme
• listeme
• word

[edit] Verb

to term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

1. To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.
   • 1867, Charles Sanders Peirce, On a New List of Categories:

     Abstraction or prescision ought to be carefully distinguished from two other modes of mental separation, which may be termed discrimination and dissociation.

[edit] External links

• term in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• term in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

term (plural termen, diminutive termpje)

1. term; A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
2. (mathematics) term; One of the addends in a sum