释义（meaning）

a word of phrase used as the name of sth, especially one connected with a particular type of language 词语；术语；措辞 [1]

Terms are words and compound words or multi-word expressions that in specific contexts are given specific meanings—these may deviate from the meanings the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language.[2]

特定的环境中的特定含义。这个含义是自洽的、被大家广泛认可的。也就是说，术语是自洽的语言学系统中很重要的一部分。