middle term
Noun
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The term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion (synset 106767683)
is a type of: term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical propositionis a part of:
- major premise, major premiss - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
- minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption - the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
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