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middle term

British

noun

Also called: mean. middle. logic the term that appears in both the major and minor premises of a syllogism, but not in the conclusion

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But stagnant employment has become a drag on the economy for at least the middle term.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Remember, when the middle term is negative and the last term is positive, the signs in the binomials must both be negative.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The middle term of the Binomial Squares Pattern, 2ab , is twice the product of the two terms of the binomial.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Since 15 is positive and the coefficient of the middle term is negative, we use the negative facotrs.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

The middle term is only an example of the minor.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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