"major premise" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: major premises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} major premise (plural major premises)
  1. (logic) In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term. Categories (topical): Logic Translations (premise whose terms are the major term and middle term): pääpremissi (Finnish), majeure [feminine] (French), főtétel (Hungarian), majoro (Ido), premis mayor (Indonesian), mórleagan [masculine] (Irish), przesłanka większa [feminine] (Polish), premisă majoră [feminine] (Romanian)

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