Definizione monolingua

term

term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

1. To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.
   • 1867, Charles Sanders Peirce, On a New List of Categories:

     Abstraction or prescision ought to be carefully distinguished from two other modes of mental separation, which may be termed discrimination and dissociation.

term (plural terms)

1. limitation, restriction or regulation.

   terms and conditions

2. word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
3. Relations among people.

   We are on friendly terms with each other.

4. part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
5. (mathematics) any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression

   All of these terms cancel out.

6. duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.

   He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.

   near-term, mid-term and long-term goals

7. (computing) a terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
8. (of a patent) the maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force
9. (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. (archaic) a menstrual period.
    • 1660, Samuel Pepys Diary

      My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks, gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again.

Definizione dizionario term

	termine
	limitation, restriction or regulation
	word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
	A word or phrase that stands for a concept used in a particular subject area.

	trimestre
	part of a year

chiamare

condizione

denominare

durata

espressione

nozione

parola

patto

periodo

scadenza

sessione

vocabolo

vocàbolo

Altri significati:

a duration of a set length; a period in office of fixed length.

condition(s)

A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.

(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

(mathematics) any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression

(computing) a terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal

relations among people

To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.

A duration of a set length; a period in office of fixed length.

period of time, time limit

A limitation, restriction or regulation.

period in office or prison

A part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year in Britain; Michaelmas term, Lent term or Easter term, the equivalent to the American semester.

Relations among people.

(of a patent) the maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force

one of the addends in a sum