term vs clause in the context of normal forms

Question

In the context of disjunctive normal forms, which terminology do you use for the conjunction of atoms? E.g., for the disjunctive normal form $(x₁ ∧ ¬x₂ ∧ x₃) ∨ (¬x₁ ∧ x₂ ∧ x₃)$, how are the constituents "$x₁ ∧ ¬x₂ ∧ x₃$" and "$¬x₁ ∧ x₂ ∧ x₃$" called? Terms or clauses? I saw boths variants as well as "disjunctive clauses", and I wonder which variant is right.

There are lots of non-native English computer scientists around, so please reply only if you are an established computer scientist who actually taught this and have an excellent command of English.

Answer 1

They're often called a "clause", "conjunctive clause", or sometimes a "conjunction" (if it is clear from context what that is referring to).

See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjunctive_normal_form.