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Termite

Termites are eusocial cockroaches (Blattodea, sister to Cryptocercus) with over 3,000 species, caste-based colonies, symbiont-aided cellulose digestion, ventilated mounds, and major pest and decomposer roles.

Termite mound

A termite mound is an above-ground structure built by mound-building termites, housing tunnels that ventilate an underground nest and regulate its temperature, humidity, and gas exchange.

Termitidae

Termitidae, the higher or desert termites, is the largest termite family in Blattodea, about 70-84% of species, defined by loss of gut protists, origin ~65-54 Ma, 18 subfamilies.

Termitomyces

Termitomyces (termite mushrooms) is a paleotropical genus of Lyophyllaceae fungi in obligate mutualism with Macrotermitinae termites; almost all species are edible, including the giant T. titanicus, and the genus yields bioactive medicinal compounds.

Termoelectrica

Termoelectrica was the Romanian state-owned company for thermal electricity and heat generation, created in 2000 by splitting the national company CONEL; its viable assets became Electrocentrale Grup before its dissolution in 2013.

Termoeléctrica de Mexicali

Termoeléctrica de Mexicali is a 625 MW combined-cycle power station in Mexicali, Baja California, which exports electricity to the United States and began operation in 2003.

Termokarstovoye Oil and Gas Field

Termokarstovoye (Термокарстовое) is a gas and gas-condensate field in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northern West Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1988 and in production since 2015.

Termozulia power station

Termozulia power station (Planta Termozulia) is a gas-fired power station in Zulia state, Venezuela, about 20 km south of Maracaibo, and one of Venezuela's largest gas-fired plants.

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment: 1983 James L. Brooks comedy-drama from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson; won five Oscars including Best Picture and earned $108 million.

Terms of Endearment (novel)

Terms of Endearment is Larry McMurtry's 1975 Simon and Schuster novel (410 pages) about Houston widow Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma, third of his Houston novels, later adapted into the Academy Award-winning film.

Terms of reference

A terms of reference (ToR) is a document defining the purpose, scope, process, and expected products of an evaluation, used by governments, nonprofits, and multilateral institutions.

Terms of service

Terms of service (ToS, terms of use) are standard-form online contracts presented via clickwrap, browsewrap, or sign-in wrap. Key facts: Specht v. Netscape limited browsewrap enforcement; users rarely read 6,000-word agreements; EU study found unfair clauses in all 100 ToS sampled.

Terms of trade

The terms of trade are the ratio of the prices a country receives for exports to the prices it pays for imports, central to international economics for a century.

Terms, tenure and removal of state high-court justices

Terms, tenure and removal of state high-court justices details the accountability rules for state supreme court justices. Most justices serve limited terms, face mandatory retirement, or both.

Tern

Terns (Sterninae, Laridae) are slender seabirds related to gulls, with pointed bills and forked tails, feeding by plunge-diving and nesting colonially; the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is the most widespread in North America.

Tern Haven

Tern Haven (Succession season 2, episode 5), directed by Mark Mylod, written by Will Tracy, aired September 8, 2019. The Roys visit the Pierce estate to negotiate Logan's PGM buyout, culminating in a 15-minute dinner scene and Nan Pierce's demand that Shiv be named successor.

Oct 10, 2026

Terna

Terna S.p.A. is the Italian transmission system operator, established in 1999, that owns and operates almost all of Italy's high- and very-high-voltage electricity grid, earning nearly all revenue from regulated tariffs.

Ternary conditional operator

The ternary conditional operator, also known as the conditional operator, is a programming-language operator written ? : in the C family that returns one of two values depending on a condition.

Ternary numeral system

The ternary numeral system, also known as base 3, is a positional number system using the digits 0, 1, and 2, with place values that are powers of 3.

Ternary organic solar cells

Ternary-blend organic solar cells are organic photovoltaic devices whose photoactive layer holds three components instead of two, widening light absorption and tuning energy levels within a single bulk heterojunction device.

Ternary organic solar cells with non-fullerene acceptors

Ternary organic solar cells with non-fullerene acceptors are organic photovoltaic devices with three components in the active layer, added to broaden absorption and raise efficiency beyond 17.5%.

Ternate–Tidore rivalry

The Ternate–Tidore rivalry was the centuries-long competition between two Islamic sultanates on small islands off Halmahera, Indonesia, for control of the clove trade and Spice Islands routes.

Sep 24, 2026

Ternate–VOC contracts

The Ternate–VOC contracts (Kontrak Ternate–VOC) were treaties from 1607 between the Sultanate of Ternate and the Dutch East India Company trading Dutch protection for a clove monopoly.

Ternate, North Maluku

Ternate (Kota Ternate) is an island city in North Maluku, Indonesia, on volcanic Ternate Island under Mount Gamalama. Former de facto provincial capital 1999–2010, seat of the 1257 Sultanate of Ternate, population about 218,853 in 2026.

Ternatean expulsion of the Portuguese

The Ternatean expulsion of the Portuguese was Sultan Baabullah's capture of the fortress of São João Baptista on Ternate in 1575 after a five-year siege.

Terni

Terni (Interamna Nahars) is an Umbrian city on the Nera river, founded per tradition in 672 BC, home to the 165 m Marmore Falls and Italy's steel industry since 1884; population about 106,000.

Oct 10, 2026

Ternium

Ternium is a Latin American steel producer controlled by the Techint group, formed in 2005 and today the region's leading steelmaker with capacity of 22.3 million tons.

Ternium Argentina

Ternium Argentina is Argentina's largest steelmaker and main integrated manufacturer of flat steel products. Controlled by Ternium S.A., it traces its roots to Propulsora Siderúrgica, founded in 1969.

Ternopil

Ternopil (Тернопіль, formerly Tarnopol) is a city in western Ukraine on the Seret River, capital of Ternopil oblast. Founded in 1540 by Jan Tarnowski, ruled by Austria, Poland, and the USSR, population about 217,000 in 2012.