Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
2. (n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
3. (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
4. (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
5. (n.) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
6. (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
7. (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
8. (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
9. (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
10. (n.) A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
11. (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
12. (n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
13. (n.) The menses.
14. (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
15. (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
16. (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
17. (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Strong's Hebrew
4387. Miktam -- a technical term in psalm titles.... << 4386, 4387. Miktam. 4388 >>. a technical
term in psalm titles.
... Word Origin of
uncertain derivation Definition a technical
term in psalm titles. Michtam
... /hebrew/4387.htm - 5k 5345. neqeb -- perhaps sockets (technical term of jeweler's work)
... << 5344b, 5345. neqeb. 5346 >>. perhaps sockets (technical term of jeweler's work).
Transliteration: neqeb Phonetic Spelling: (neh'keb) Short Definition: sockets ...
/hebrew/5345.htm - 6k
1665. Gittith -- a musical term of unc. meaning.
... << 1664, 1665. Gittith. 1666 >>. a musical term of unc. meaning. ... Word Origin fem.
of Gitti Definition a musical term of unc. meaning. Gittith ...
/hebrew/1665.htm - 6k
91. Agagi -- a descriptive term for Haman
... << 90, 91. Agagi. 92 >>. a descriptive term for Haman. Transliteration: Agagi
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-aw-ghee') Short Definition: Agagite. ...
/hebrew/91.htm - 6k
6497. peqaim -- gourd (shaped) ornaments
... a semi-globe. From an unused root meaning to burst; only used as an architectural
term of an ornament similar to paqqu'ah, a semi-globe -- knop. ...
/hebrew/6497.htm - 6k
8449. tor -- turtledove
... estate. Or tor {tore}; probably the same as towr; a ring-dove, often (figuratively)
as a term of endearment -- (turtle) dove. see HEBREW towr. << 8448, 8449. ...
/hebrew/8449.htm - 6k
6235. eser -- ten
... ten, seventeen. Masculine of term aasarah {as-aw-raw'}; from asar; ten (as an
accumulation to the extent of the digits) -- ten, (fif-, seven-)teen. ...
/hebrew/6235.htm - 6k
3117. yom -- day
... hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next),
or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used ...
/hebrew/3117.htm - 7k
559. amar -- to utter, say
... X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require,
say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is ...
/hebrew/559.htm - 7k
5646. ab -- perhaps a landing
... Or sob {obe}; from an unused root meaning to cover; properly, equivalent to ab;
but used only as an architectural term, an architrave (as shading the pillars ...
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