Usually means: Central element in a syllogism.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. middle term: Merriam-Webster
  2. middle term: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. middle term: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. middle term: Collins English Dictionary
  5. middle term: Vocabulary.com
  6. middle term: Wordnik
  7. middle term: Wiktionary
  8. Middle term, middle term: Dictionary.com
  9. Middle term: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. middle term: Rhymezone
  11. middle term: FreeDictionary.org
  12. middle term: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. middle term: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. middle term: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (middle term)

▸ noun:  (logic) The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.

Similar:
minor premise, minor term, medium, major, term, major term, syllogism, assumption, prosyllogism, term logic, more...

Opposite:
extreme, polar, endpoint, boundary, limit

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Similar:
minor premise, minor term, medium, major, term, major term, syllogism, assumption, prosyllogism, term logic, more...

Opposite:
extreme, polar, endpoint, boundary, limit



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