term of art

American  

noun

1. a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage.

   Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.

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Example Sentences

They’re also going nuts because replay officials reversed another call earlier in the same game, when ancient quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared to lose a battle for a deflected pass—in another NFL term of art, Rodgers didn’t seem to survive the ground—and gave Baltimore an interception.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Meta is the venture’s “primary beneficiary”—which is another accounting term of art—Meta is required to consolidate it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The districts must also follow the federal Voting Rights Act and group together “communities of interest,” a wide-reaching term of art for people who share languages, cultures, backgrounds, interests, ways of life or other traits.

From Los Angeles Times

The metastatic growth of the upper-middle-class house has led to a familiar term of art: the McMansion.

From Slate

This is not a casual judgment about information, but a term of art with a specific meaning in the intelligence community.

From Los Angeles Times