Berm vs. Term

A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially part-way up a long slope. It can serve as a terrace road, track, path, a fortification line, a border/separation barrier for navigation, good drainage, industry, or other purposes.

A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.

a flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal.

A point in time at which something ends; termination

A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.

The end of a normal gestation period

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia The shoulder of a road.

A deadline, as for making a payment.

A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

A fixed period of time for which an estate is granted.

A nearly horizontal or landward-sloping portion of a beach, formed by the deposition of sediment by storm waves.

An estate granted for a fixed period.

A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

A word or group of words having a particular meaning, especially in a specific field

The flat space between the edge of a ditch and the base of a fortification.

terms Language of a certain kind; chosen words

To provide with a berm or berms.

often terms One of the elements of a proposed or concluded agreement; a condition

A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.

terms The relationship between two people or groups; personal footing

A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

One of the quantities composing a ratio or fraction or forming a series.

A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.

One of the quantities connected by addition or subtraction signs in an equation; a member.

A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

(Logic) Each of the two concepts being compared or related in a proposition.

A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.

A stone or post marking a boundary, especially a squared and downward-tapering pillar adorned with a head and upper torso.

A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

An architectural or decorative motif resembling such a marker.

(Western Pennsylvania English) Edge of a road.

To designate; call.

To provide something with a berm

That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus#Noun.

A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.

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

a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope

Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price#Noun and also how and when payment#Noun must be made.

narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

A point, line, or superficies that limits.

A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.

Relations among people.

Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

The time during which legal courts are open.

Certain days on which rent is paid.

With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).

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

(archaic) A menstrual period.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(arts) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.

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

A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

One whose employment has been terminated

To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

(ambitransitive) To terminate one's employment

Born or delivered at term.

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

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

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.

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.

A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration

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

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.

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

The menses.

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

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

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

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

a word or expression used for some particular thing;

a limited period of time;

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

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial;

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;

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

(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

name formally or designate with a term