patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
patent log screw log taffrail log | a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
patent medicine | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
terminus terminal figure term | (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 |
patent right | the right granted by a patent, especially the exclusive right to an invention |
patent ductus arteriosus | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth, may require surgical correction |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
term | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial, the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree |
degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
patent system | a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors |
patent law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |
term | a word or expression used for some particular thing, he learned many medical terms |
term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term |
patent patent of invention | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
patent application | an application for sole rights to an invention |
patent letters patent | an official document granting a right or privilege |
term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition, the major term of a syllogism must occur twice |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
condition term | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement, the contract set out the conditions of the lease, the terms of the treaty were generous |
slang slang expression slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
Patent and Trademark Office Database Patent Office | the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones |
term infant | infant born at a gestational age between and completed weeks |
term insurance | lowost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value, term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies |
patent leather | leather with a hard glossy surface |
half-term | a short vacation about halfway through a school term, he came to visit at half-term |
term | a limited period of time, a prison term, he left school before the end of term |
prison term sentence time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
school term academic term academic session session | the time during which a school holds classes, they had to shorten the school term |
term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
presidency presidential term administration | the tenure of a president, things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration |
vice-presidency vice-presidential term | the tenure of a vice president |
lease term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect |
tenure term of office incumbency | the term during which some position is held |
enlistment hitch term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour | a period of time spent in military service |
carry to term | carry out a pregnancy, She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective |
patent | make open to sight or notice, His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him |
term | name formally or designate with a term |
patent | obtain a patent for, Should I patent this invention? |
patent | grant rights to, grant a patent for |
long-run long-term semipermanent | relating to or extending over a relatively long time, the long-run significance of the elections, the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war, a long-term investment |
short-run short-term | relating to or extending over a limited period, short-run planning, a short-term lease, short-term credit |
full-term | gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy, a healthy full-term baby |
apparent evident manifest patent plain unmistakable | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment, the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields, evident hostility, manifest disapproval, patent advantages, made his meaning plain, it is plain that he is no reactionary, in plain view |
patent | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open, affording free passage, patent ductus arteriosus |