Minor Term

The minor term is the subject term of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. It also appears in the minor premise together with the middle term. Along with the major term it is one of the two end terms.

Example:

Major premise: All men are mortal.
Minor premise: Socrates is a man.
Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.

The minor term is bolded above.

Famous quotes containing the words minor and/or term:

    “People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”
    —Herbert Beerbohm, Sir Tree (1853–1917)

    “Why did you give no hint that night
    That quickly after the morrow’s dawn,
    And calmly, as if indifferent quite,
    You would close your term here, up and be gone”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)