{{pp|small=yes}} {{wiktionary|term|short-term|medium-term|long-term}} '''Term''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Language== *Terminology, context-specific nouns or compound words **Technical term (or ''term of art''), used by specialists in a field ***Scientific terminology, used by scientists *Term (argumentation), part of an argument in debate theory
==Law and finance== *Contractual term, a provision in a contract **Credit repayment terms **Payment terms, "net ''D''" on a trade invoice **Purchase order, invoice terms more generally *Term life insurance
==Lengths of time== *Academic term, part of a year at school or university *Term of office, a set period a person serves in an elected office *Term of patent, the period of enforcement of patent rights *Term of a pregnancy *Prison sentence
==Mathematics and physics== *Term (logic), a component of a logical or mathematical expression (not to be confused with term logic, or Aristotelian logic) **Ground term, a term with no variables *Term (arithmetic), or addend, an operand to the addition operator **Term of a summation, a polynomial, or a series, a special case of a summand *Term algebra, a freely generated algebraic structure *Term logic, an approach to logic that began with Aristotle and that was dominant until the advent of modern predicate logic *Term symbol, a concept in quantum mechanics
==Other uses== *Term (architecture) or terminal form, a human head and bust that continues as a square tapering pillar-like form *Term (computers) or terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal *Term, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring, an agency of the Indian Department of Telecommunications
==See also== *Maxterms and minterms, in Boolean algebra *Terme (disambiguation) *Termeh, a type of textile *Tern (disambiguation)
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