A Quick and Simple Dictionary

term

1. Noun.  limitation, restriction or regulation.
2. Noun.  word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
3. Noun.  Relations among people.
4. Noun.  part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
5. Noun.  (mathematics) any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression.
6. Noun.  duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
7. Noun.  (computing) a terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal.
8. Noun.  (context, of a patent) the maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
9. Noun.  (astrology) 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.
10. Noun.  (archaic) a menstrual period.
11. Verb.  To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.