Look up term, short-term, medium-term, or long-term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Term may refer to: Terminology, context-specific nouns or compound...

cracker and Georgia cracker). The exact history and origin of the term is debated. The term is "probably an agent noun" from the word crack. The word crack...

A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential...

calendar days except the last day. The length of a full four-year presidential term of office usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus...

A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there...

"Lolita" is an English-language term defining a young girl as "precociously seductive." It originates from Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita, which...

The term has been more generally used to mean getting rid of someone or something. In the 1970s, its meaning expanded to refer to murder. The term eighty-six...

general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November...

Michaelmas (/ˈmɪkəlməs/ MIK-əl-məs) term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the...

A term paper is a research paper written by students over an academic term, accounting for a large part of a grade. Merriam-Webster defines it as "a major...

The second-term curse is the perceived tendency of second terms of U.S. presidents to be less successful than their first terms. According to the curse...

In the United States, term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States...

A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection...

In atomic physics, a term symbol is an abbreviated description of the total spin and orbital angular momentum quantum numbers of the electrons in a multi-electron...

A contractual term is "any provision forming part of a contract". Each term gives rise to a contractual obligation, the breach of which may give rise...

An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely...

In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the...

interest; having broad interests, or wide sympathies; inclusive, inviting. The term has been incorporated into the name of the largest Christian communion, the...

Short-term memory (or "primary" or "active memory") is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for...

presidential election to former Democratic vice president Joe Biden, after one term in office. Trump was unsuccessful in his efforts to repeal the Affordable...

A solar term (or jieqi, simplified Chinese: 节气; traditional Chinese: 節氣) is any of twenty-four periods in traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars that...

macaques—implying that they had lived in the trees until the Europeans arrived. The term sale macaque (filthy monkey) was occasionally used as an insult. In the ceremony...

In computing, an X terminal is a display/input terminal for X Window System client applications. X terminals enjoyed a period of popularity in the early...

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Constitution. By the middle of the 19th century, liberal was used as a politicised term for parties and movements worldwide. Yellow is the political colour most...

Long-term support (LTS) is a product lifecycle management policy in which a stable release of computer software is maintained for a longer period of time...

Hilary term is the second academic term of the University of Oxford and Trinity College Dublin. It runs from January to March and is so named because the...

In mathematical logic, a term denotes a mathematical object while a formula denotes a mathematical fact. In particular, terms appear as components of a...

Westerners find the word insulting, more cautious street vendors use the term Mister, which foreigners find more polite. As an alternative to 'bule', the...

A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or...