What is a term Definition essay?

Answer 1

The word term refers to either a word unit or a time unit with specified boundaries or limits.

Within Contract Law, Contractual Terms are legally binding provisions.

Language unit
In terminology (the study of language terms), a "term" is a word, word pair, or word group, that is used in specific contexts for a specific meaning.
Specialised terms are characterised as technical terms, or sometimes terms of art.
Figures of speech and shorthands are called terms of language.
A term (mathematics) is a basic component of a mathematical expression. In the context of a polynomial it is a number and variables all multiplied together. Similarly, like terms are terms that have the same variables to the same exponents.
in mathematical logic, a term is a particular combination of symbols from a formal language, that in turn are the units that make up the formulas of that language.
In type theory, "term" is used for the linguistic constructs.
In traditional logic, term came to mean a referring expression, but only through the Latin terminus - margin, (so that terms were 'terminal for analysis').
Unit of time
A unit of time - where a "term" is a specified and measured period or unit of time after which such term is said to be 'ended' or 'expired.' For example:
the term of office a person (e.g. a politician) serves in office; See also term limit.
the term served in prison by a convicted criminal;
a deadline - in project management
an academic term – a number of weeks worth of study at a school or university
the term of a mortgage loan;
"long-term" and "short-term";
the term of patent, the period during which it is enforceable - e.g. term of patent in the United States.
Conditions
In contracts, the terms are the details of an agreement, often the amounts of money.
Astrology
The terms of a planet refers to segments of an astrological sign that are co-ruled by different planets. It is a form of essential dignity. It can also be called the bounds of a planet or sign.
Electronics, Telecommunications and computers
Short for Terminal (see relevant section).
On modern computer systems, specifically a Terminal emulator.