Term
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Term may refer to:
- Terminology, or term, a noun or compound word used in a specific context, in particular:
- Technical term, part of the specialized vocabulary of a particular field, specifically:
- Scientific terminology, terms used by scientists
- Technical term, part of the specialized vocabulary of a particular field, specifically:
Law
- Contractual term, a legally binding provision
- Payment (or credit) terms, a part of an invoice; when you'll have to pay and what discount you'll get by paying early. Like "2/10 net 30".
Lengths of time
- Term (time), a fixed period of time
- Academic term, a division of the academic year in which classes are held. For English-speaking university academic terms, see:
- Easter term
- Hilary term
- Lent term
- Michaelmas term
- Summer term
- Trinity term
- Term of office, the length of time a person serves in a particular office
- Term of patent, the maximum period during which a patent can be maintained in force
- Term of a pregnancy
- Prison sentence, or term, a time served in a prison
- Academic term, a division of the academic year in which classes are held. For English-speaking university academic terms, see:
Mathematics and physics
- Term (logic), a component of a logical or mathematical expression (not to be confused with term logic, or Aristotelian logic)
- Ground term, a term with no variables
- Addend, or term, an operand to the addition operator
- Term of a summation, a polynomial, or a series, a special case of a summand
- Term algebra, a freely generated algebraic structure
- Term logic, an approach to logic that began with Aristotle and that was dominant until the advent of modern predicate logic
- Term symbol, a concept in quantum mechanics
Other uses
- Term (architecture) or terminal form, a human head and bust that continues as a square tapering pillar-like form
- Term (computers) or terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
- Term, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
- Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring, or TERM, the vigilance and monitoring wing of the Indian Department of Telecommunications
See also
- Maxterms and minterms, in Boolean algebra
- Terme (disambiguation)
- Termeh, a type of textile
- Tern (disambiguation)
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