[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"term"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms" [*]a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of 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" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/condition"]condition[/URL]] [*]any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" [*]one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" [*]the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/full term"]full term[/URL]] [*](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 [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/terminus"]terminus[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/terminal figure"]terminal figure[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]name formally or designate with a term [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/term"]http://www.word.sc/term[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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