(n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity;
bound; boundary.
(n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a
term of five years; the term of life.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
(n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for
which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for
a term of years.
(n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his
obligation.
(n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of
causes.
(n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the
three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or
cd in ab - cd.
(n.) The menses.
(n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when
assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the
parties; conditions.
(n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
(n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
(n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
