The phrase "a valid term" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing whether a specific word or phrase is acceptable or recognized within a particular context or field.
Example: "In the context of legal terminology, 'due diligence' is considered a valid term."
Alternatives: "an acceptable term" or "a recognized term".
The term "reptile" may carry a lot of psychological baggage with it, conjuring up outmoded images of slow, stupid, inferior creatures, but it is a valid term applied to the group comprising the first reptile and all of its descendants.
"Industrial control system" intends to be a valid term that would represent all the control systems which can be installed in an industrial plant, ranging from complex distributed control systems and SCADA packages to small single control devices.
Once again, it is an arbitrary choice of which index value is considered high enough to represent a valid term.
If they miss a valid term that is present in the text, it is because the term was missing from the nomenclature.
Now, only a valid term ID will be accepted in the ontology-term entry boxes, which eliminates typographical errors and invalid IDs.
However, shock and continuous hyperchlorination remains a valid-term option in old buildings with no water system rational design, managing problems due to hospital extension and absence of a proper hot water recirculation system.
Another issue is the accuracy of the relevance index, since not necessarily all valid terms will be ranked in higher positions than all invalid terms.
The Pathway Tools API provides a method called "import-go-terms" which automatically creates the necessary frames when provided with a valid GO term.
In an e-mail response on Tuesday, Johns Hopkins told the librarians that "abortion" was no longer a valid search term.
In his theory of inference he distinguished between inference for oneself and inference for the other and laid down three criteria of a valid middle term (hetu i.e., that it should "cover" the minor premise (pakṣa), be present in the similar instances (sapakṣa), and be absent in dissimilar instances (vipakṣa).
