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'''Term''' may refer to:
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==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#Legal|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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