middle term

English Thesaurus

1. the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	term,
definition	:	one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	major premise, major premiss,
definition	:	the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption,
definition	:	the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) (noun.communication)