The phrase "a single term for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are looking for one word that encapsulates a broader concept or idea.
Example: "Is there a single term for the phenomenon of people being more productive in the morning?"
Alternatives: "a one-word term for" or "a unified term for".
Labor has won a historic victory in Victoria, defeating a government after a single term for the first time in almost 60 years.
In fact Brazil's 1988 constitution laid down a single term for the president, and Lula opposed President Fernando Henrique Cardoso when he altered it to permit two terms.
Andrews, 46, won a historic victory at the last election, defeating a government after a single term for the first time in almost 60 years.
They noticed, for example, that Eskimo has many words for snow, whereas Aztec employs a single term for the concepts of snow, cold, and ice.
In this section, we consistently use a single term for such a concept.
Some related GO terms are represented as a single term for simplicity.
Members would each be eligible for a single term of 15 years on a non-renewable mandate.
The passing reference to Polk, who held office for a single term, from 1845 to 1849, was recorded by Schlesinger, Jr., in a letter to Schlesinger, Sr., dated August 12 , 1962
The council should recommend more than one candidate to the general assembly, which should make an appointment for a single term of seven years.
His avid marital discourse with Iris is peppered with such questions as "why there was a single term in English for affirmative head movements but for the negative you were forced to use three words... why there was no one-word antonym of nod".
Overlapped only for a single term, i.e., for the regulation of neuron differentiation (GO 0045664).
