metier medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited, in law he found his true metier |
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 |
medium frequency MF | to kilohertz |
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 |
medium | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
storage medium data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
magnetic storage medium magnetic medium magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
broadcast medium broadcasting | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications |
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 |
medium | the surrounding environment, fish require an aqueous medium |
interplanetary medium | interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust |
interstellar medium | interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars |
medium spiritualist sensitive | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead, he consulted several mediums |
term infant | infant born at a gestational age between and completed weeks |
medium wave | a radio wave with a wavelength between and meters (a frequency between kilohertz and kilohertz) |
Canterbury bell cup and saucer Campanula medium | European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers |
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 |
medium of exchange monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes, a middle position, a happy medium |
dispersing phase dispersion medium dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed |
medium | an intervening substance through which something is achieved, the dissolving medium is called a solvent |
culture medium medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
medium | (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed |
contrast medium contrast material | a substance that is opaque to xays, when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills |
medium | a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter |
medium steel | steel with .-.% carbon |
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 |