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That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary.
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"Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms."
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A chronological limitation or restriction.
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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.
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Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
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Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
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A point, line, or superficies that limits.
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A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
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A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
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"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
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Relations among people.
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We are on friendly terms with each other.
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Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
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Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
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He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
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With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
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at term, preterm, postterm
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(of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
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A menstrual period.
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Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
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All the terms of this sum cancel out.
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The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
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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.
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A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
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A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
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