TERM, in Grammar, denotes some word or expression in a language.
The word term, terminus, is borrowed metaphorically, by the grammarians and philosophers, from the measurers or surveyors of lands: as a field is defined and distinguished by its termini, or limits, so is a thing or matter spoken of by the word or term it is denoted by.
TERM in the Arts, or TERM of Art, is a word which, besides the literal and popular meaning which it has or may have in common language, bears a further and peculiar meaning in some art or science.