middle term

noun

1. logic the term that appears in both the major and minor premises of a syllogism, but not in the conclusion Also calledmeanmiddle

Example Sentences

A US Congressional report in October last year said that the "Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle term".

From BBC

My recommendation is that all of us working to make this country and world healthier focused on what we can do together in the short and middle term.

From Salon

Like their peers in Palo Alto, Calif., however, Chinese start-ups need to show they can generate enough revenue to make the model work in the middle term.

From Washington Post

The border confounded racists who’d reduced the world to a basic binary but didn’t know how to slot a middle term between white and black, acceptance and opprobrium.

From The New Yorker

After hearing more than two hours of testimony Thursday morning, San Diego Superior Court Judge Runston Maino rejected Fisher’s motion for a new trial and sentenced Fisher to the middle term available under state law.

From Los Angeles Times