termoplastic.html - n.
Law a person who holds lands etc. for a term of years, or for life. [ME f. AF termer (as TERM)]

termoplastic.html - See: BRING TO TERMS, COME TO TERMS, IN SO MANY WORDS(2) or IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, IN TERMS OF.

termoplastic.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a word used to express a definite concept, esp. in a particular branch of study etc. (a technical term).
2 (in pl.) language used; mode of expression (answered in no uncertain terms).
3 (in pl.) a relation or footing (we are on familiar terms).
4 (in pl.) a conditions or stipulations (cannot accept your terms; do it on your own terms). b charge or price (his terms are Ь20 a lesson).
5 a a limited period of some state or activity (for a term of five years). b a period over which operations are conducted or results contemplated (in the short term). c a period of some weeks, alternating with holiday or vacation, during which instruction is given in a school, college, or university, or Brit. during which a lawcourt holds sessions. d a period of imprisonment. e a period of tenure.
6 Logic a word or words that may be the subject or predicate of a proposition.
7 Math. a each of the two quantities in a ratio. b each quantity in a series. c a part of an expression joined to the rest by + or - (e.g. a, b, c in a + b - c).
8 the completion of a normal length of pregnancy.
9 an appointed day, esp. a Scottish quarter day.
10 (in full Brit. term of years or US term for years) Law an interest in land for a fixed period.
11 = TERMINUS 6.
12 archaic a boundary or limit, esp. of time.

--v.

tr. denominate, call; assign a term to (the music termed classical).

bring to terms cause to accept conditions. come to terms yield, give way. come to terms with 1 reconcile oneself to (a difficulty etc.).
2 conclude an agreement with. in set terms in definite terms. in terms explicitly. in terms of in the language peculiar to, using as a basis of expression or thought. make terms conclude an agreement. on terms on terms of friendship or equality. term paper US an essay or dissertation representative of the work done during a term. terms of reference Brit. points referred to an individual or body of persons for decision or report; the scope of an inquiry etc.; a definition of this. terms of trade Brit. the ratio between prices paid for imports and those received for exports.

termless adj. termly adj. & adv. [ME f. OF terme f. L TERMINUS]

termoplastic.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 an overbearing or brawling woman; a virago or shrew.
2 (Termagant) hist. an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays.

--adj.

violent, turbulent, shrewish. [ME Tervagant f. OF Tervagan f. It. Trivigante]

termoplastic.html - adj.
1 that may be terminated.
2 coming to an end after a certain time (terminable annuity).

terminableness n.

termoplastic.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness).
2 of or forming a limit or terminus (terminal station).
3 a Zool. etc. ending a series (terminal joints). b Bot. borne at the end of a stem etc.
4 of or done etc. each term (terminal accounts; terminal examinations).

--n.

1 a terminating thing; an extremity.
2 a terminus for trains or long-distance buses.
3 a departure and arrival building for air passengers.
4 a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
5 an apparatus for transmission of messages between a user and a computer, communications system, etc.
6 (in full terminal figure) = TERMINUS 6.
7 an installation where oil is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
8 a patient suffering from a terminal illness.

terminal velocity a velocity of a falling body such that the resistance of the air etc. prevents further increase of speed under gravity.

terminally adv. [L terminalis (as TERMINUS)]