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term (s) (noun), terms (pl)
1. An expression of an individual word or phrase that is used to identify the name of an object or an individual: Another term for light rain is drizzle.
2. A specific length of time for something to transpire or to stop: The spring term at Brian's school is just 10 weeks long.
3. Written clauses or statements in a legal document that specify specific expectations: The terms of the mortgage were explained by Mr. Morgan, the bank manager, to the client, Mrs. Johnson.
This entry is located in the following unit: term-, termin- (page 3)
(Greek: cave, cavern; in medicine, of or pertaining to a [bodily] cavity or sinus; a term in anatomical nomenclature, especially to designate a cavity or chamber within a bone)
(Latin: harena, "sand" or "arena" in English, became the general term for "shows" and now it refers more to "sports", etc.)
(Latin: harena, "sand" or "arena" in English, became the general term for "shows" and now it refers more to "sports", etc.)
(Greek: bed; slope, slant; to lean, leaning; an ecological term; in the sense of a slope or gradient)
(Latin: rein, bridle, a bit (as in a horses mouth); by extension, a medical term for a connecting fold of membrane in the body)
(Latin: a bug; literally, "cut into," from insectum, with a notched or divided body; literally, "that which is cut up, segmented" [as the bodies of the first invertebrates to which the term was applied or appeared to be])
(Latin: lentil-shaped, lentil; a term later used to refer to "the lentil-shaped lens of the eye")
(Latin: branch, branches, or a forked structure; ramus (singular), rami (plural); a general term for a smaller structure given off by a larger one, or into which the larger structure; such as, a blood vessel or nerve, divides)
(Greek: a thing said; a word; a term)
(Latin: end, last, final, boundary)
(the "tongue" term may be applied to both a body part in the mouth and an extensive reference to "language")
(the origins and more recent usage as a term used in the performances of prestidigitation or "magic")
(sources of information for the various terms listed in the Index of Scientific and Technological Topics)
(a collective term for all organic substances of relatively recent, non-geological, origin which can be used for energy production)
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term-, termin-
Latin: end, last, final, boundary; in this unit.