Term
A term was a word or phrase that had an exact meaning.

In 2269, the Excalbian  of Abraham Lincoln referred to Nyota Uhura as a "Negress" and apologetically noted that it was a term used by some in his time as a description of property (in reference to slavery). Uhura asked why she should object to that term, because Humans in her century learned not to fear words.

The terms good and evil were two opposing philosophies. ()

In 2364, while meeting Clare Raymond in her quarters, Deanna Troi mentioned something about the local shrink, to which Raymond responded, "I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that term." ()

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Linguistics