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term

/tɜrm/

noun
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
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"a healthy baby born at full term"

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full term

type of:
point in time point

part of:
gestation period gestation
noun
(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
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terminal figure terminus

type of:
statue
noun
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
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"the terms of the treaty were generous"

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condition strings

type of:
statement

part of:
understanding agreement
noun
a limited period of time
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"a prison term" "he left school before the end of term"

type of:
period period of time time period
noun
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
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"the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"

type of:
quantity
noun
a word or expression used for some particular thing
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"he learned many medical terms"

type of:
word
verb
name formally or designate with a term
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type of:
know as be known as call name
noun
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
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"the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

type of:
constituent grammatical constituent

part of:
proposition

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