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term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" |
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constituent,
grammatical constituent (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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proposition a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
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subject something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
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predicate one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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relatum a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
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categorem,
categoreme a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition; "names are called categorems"
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major term the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
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minor term the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
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middle term the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
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term - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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prison term,
sentence,
time the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
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academic session,
academic term,
school term,
session the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"
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midterm middle of an academic term or a political term in office
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incumbency,
tenure,
term of office the office of an incumbent
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term - a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms" |
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word a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
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referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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term - the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term" |
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point,
point in time sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
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gestation,
gestation period the conception and development of an idea or plan
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term - any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" |
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quantity an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"
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term - name formally or designate with a term |
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call,
name rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
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