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term

1. any of the divisions of the academic year during which a school, college, etc., is in session

2. Law

a. an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period

b. the duration of an estate, etc.

c. (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held

d. time allowed to a debtor to settle

3. Maths either of the expressions the ratio of which is a fraction or proportion, any of the separate elements of a sequence, or any of the individual addends of a polynomial or series

4. Logic

a. the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition

b. a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate

c. one of the relata of a relation

d. any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism

5. Architect a sculptured post, esp one in the form of an armless bust or an animal on the top of a square pillar

6. Australian Rules football the usual word for quarter

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term [tərm]

(mathematics)

For an expression, any one of several quantities whose sum is the expression.

For a fraction, either the numerator or the denominator.

(spectroscopy)

A set of (2S+1)(2L+1) atomic states belonging to a definite configuration and to definite spin and orbital angular momentum quantum numbersSandL.

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