a technical term

  • 111Terms of a proportion — Term Term, n. [F. terme, L. termen, inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 112To bring to terms — Term Term, n. [F. terme, L. termen, inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 113To make terms — Term Term, n. [F. terme, L. termen, inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 114CIOed — Technical Term: project disruption caused by CIO or other high level management when they attempt to prove their (outdated) technical skills. Tried to build a dimensional database but it got CIOed. Now its all flat files …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 115CIOed\ cee-eye-owed — Technical Term: project disruption caused by CIO or other high level management when they attempt to prove their (outdated) technical skills. Tried to build a dimensional database but it got CIOed. Now its all flat files …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 116CIOed — Technical Term: project disruption caused by CIO or other high level management when they attempt to prove their (outdated) technical skills. Tried to build a dimensional database but it got CIOed. Now its all flat files …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 117CIOed\ cee-eye-owed — Technical Term: project disruption caused by CIO or other high level management when they attempt to prove their (outdated) technical skills. Tried to build a dimensional database but it got CIOed. Now its all flat files …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 118HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 119PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 120linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …

    Universalium