Language vs. Term

Languagenoun

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.

Languagenoun

The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.

Languagenoun

A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.

Languagenoun

A computer language; a machine language.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) Manner of expression.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) Profanity.

Languagenoun

A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

Languageverb

To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languagenoun

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;

Languagenoun

The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.

Languagenoun

The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.

Languagenoun

The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.

Languagenoun

The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

Languagenoun

The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.

Languagenoun

The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.

Languagenoun

A race, as distinguished by its speech.

Languagenoun

Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.

Languagenoun

Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer lanugage or programming language; as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has achieved popularity very rapidly.

Languageverb

To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languagenoun

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols;

Languagenoun

(language) communication by word of mouth;

Languagenoun

a system of words used in a particular discipline;

Languagenoun

the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication;

Languagenoun

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;

Languagenoun

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number;

Language

A language is a structured system of communication used by humans, based on speech and gesture (spoken language), sign, or often writing. The structure of language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary.

Termnoun

Limitation, restriction or regulation. en

Termnoun

Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

Termnoun

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

Termnoun

A point, line, or superficies that limits.

Termnoun

A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.

Termnoun

Relations among people.

Termnoun

Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.

Termnoun

Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.

Termnoun

(of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.

Termnoun

(archaic) A menstrual period.

Termnoun

(mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.

Termnoun

(logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

Termnoun

(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.

Termnoun

(architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.

Termnoun

(nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Termnoun

terminal computer program that emulates a physical terminal

Termnoun

One whose employment has been terminated

Termverb

To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

Termverb

(ambitransitive) To terminate one's employment

Termadjective

Born or delivered at term.

Termnoun

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

Termnoun

The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

Termnoun

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.

Termnoun

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.

Termnoun

A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration

Termnoun

The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

Termnoun

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.

Termnoun

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.

Termnoun

A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

Termnoun

The menses.

Termnoun

Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

Termnoun

In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

Termnoun

A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Termverb

To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.

Termnoun

a word or expression used for some particular thing;

Termnoun

a limited period of time;

Termnoun

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;

Termnoun

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial;

Termnoun

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;

Termnoun

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent;

Termnoun

(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

Termverb

name formally or designate with a term