term

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

“a healthy baby born at full term”

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

a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

“the terms of the treaty were generous”

a limited period of time

“a prison term”

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

“the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree”

a word or expression used for some particular thing

“he learned many medical terms”

name formally or designate with a term

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

“the major term of a syllogism must occur twice”