minor term

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noun

1. logic the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the minor premise

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minor term

In other words, if both the major term and the minor term lie outside the middle term, the syllogism gives us no means of knowing what their relation is to each other.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

The missing minor term is however supposed to be latent in the transition from the conjunctive to the simple form of proposition.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

Of the other terms, mortal, which is the more inclusive, is known as the major term, and Socrates, the less inclusive, as the minor term.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

Prove that wherever the minor term is distributed, the major premiss must be universal.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

The minor term, therefore, is undistributed, and the conclusion must be particular.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read