minor term

British  

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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Example Sentences

For, if the conclusion be not known, we cannot distinguish between the major and the minor term, nor, consequently, between one premiss and another.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Therefore the minor term is undistributed in the minor premiss, where it is predicate.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

If the middle term, as thus restricted, is still found in the minor term, the argument is valid; if not, it fails.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

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

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

The premise which contains the middle term and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premise.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart