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Meaning:

Noun:

  • a duration of a set length; a period in office of fixed length.
  • A limitation, restriction or regulation.
  • A part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year in Britain; Michaelmas term, Lent term or Easter term, the equivalent to the American semester.
  • astrology an essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart
  • A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
  • computing a terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
  • of a patent the maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force
  • mathematics any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression
  • Relations among people.

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Verb:

  • To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.

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