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middle term

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middle term
n. Logic Abbr. M
The term in a syllogism presented in both premises but not appearing in the conclusion.
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Noun1.middle term - the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
major premise, major premiss - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption - the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
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Nor would it have been an expectation of a hopeful kind, since a small part of his income was derived from the pilotage of timid women (mostly of a full habit and past the middle term of life) from Tellson's side of the tides to the opposite shore.
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He was beyond the middle term of life, with gray hair, a thin, gray beard, and a face singularly marked with intellect and cultivation, but which could never, even in his more youthful days, have expressed much warmth of heart.
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