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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minor term

A is the minor term, C the major, B the middle term.

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

In the Fourth Figure, A.A.A. and E.A.E. involve illicit process of the minor term; A.I.I.,

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

Now, taking the syllogism formally, this is true: if the conclusion go beyond the premises, there must be either four terms, or illicit process of the major or minor term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

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

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart

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