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

The minor term, therefore, is undistributed, and the conclusion must be particular.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

But the minor term is distributed in the conclusion, as being the subject of an A proposition, and must therefore be distributed in the minor premiss, in order to which it must be the subject.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

The minor premiss being affirmative, the minor term, which is its predicate, will be undistributed there.

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