Term may refer to:
- Term (language) or terminology, a noun or compound word used in a specific context: meaning
- Term (computers) or terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
- Term (architecture) or terminal form, a human head and bust that continues as a square tapering pillar-like form
- Technical term, part of the specialized vocabulary of a particular field
- Scientific terminology, terms used by scientists
- Contractual term, a legally binding provision
Lengths of time:
- Academic term, a division of the academic year in which classes are held
- Easter term
- Lent term
- Michaelmas term
- Term of office, the length of time a person serves in a particular office
- Term of patent, the maximum period during which a patent can be maintained in force
In mathematics:
- Term (mathematics), a component of a mathematical expression
- Term (logic), a component of a logical expression
- Ground term, a term with no variables
- Term algebra, the algebra of mathematical terms
- Term symbol, a concept in quantum mechanics
Famous quotes containing the word term:
“It’s given new meaning to me of the scientific term black hole.”
—Don Logan, U.S. businessman, president and chief executive of Time Inc. His response when asked how much his company had spent in the last year to develop Pathfinder, Time Inc.’S site on the World Wide Web. Quoted in New York Times, p. D7 (November 13, 1995)
“Art, if one employs this term in the broad sense that includes poetry within its realm, is an art of creation laden with ideals, located at the very core of the life of a people, defining the spiritual and moral shape of that life.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)
“I shall not seek and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)