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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| multi-billionaire | a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| term | name formally or designate with a term |
multivalent
multi-valued | having many values, meanings, or appeals, subtle, multivalent allegory |
| multi-stemmed | having many stems |
s motley
calico
multicolor
multi-color
multicolour
multi-colour
multicolored
multi-colored
multicoloured
multi-coloured
painted
particolored
particoloured
piebald
pied
varicolored
varicoloured | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly, a jester dressed in motley, the painted desert, a particolored dress, a piebald horse, pied daisies |
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 |
multiethnic
multi-ethnic | involving several ethnic groups |
multi-seeded
several-seeded | having many seeds |