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单词 middle term
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Definition of middle term in English:

middle term

noun
Logic
  • The term common to both premises of a syllogism.

    〔逻〕中项,中词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The missing middle term in the Shakespearian proposition is our response.
    • The reduction of propositions to principles leads to the middle term.
    • Thomas Aquinas argued that the highest sort of demonstration had as its middle term the real definition of the subject term.
    • In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated.
    • One could expect that her method would not enter into the chain of causalities, a chain that skips over or often forgets about the intermediary as a generative middle term.

Definition of middle term in US English:

middle term

noun
Logic
  • The term common to both premises of a syllogism.

    〔逻〕中项,中词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated.
    • One could expect that her method would not enter into the chain of causalities, a chain that skips over or often forgets about the intermediary as a generative middle term.
    • The missing middle term in the Shakespearian proposition is our response.
    • Thomas Aquinas argued that the highest sort of demonstration had as its middle term the real definition of the subject term.
    • The reduction of propositions to principles leads to the middle term.
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