minor premise
minor premiss
subsumption

It also appears in the minor premise together with the middle term.

But the mind-set of the judge governs the minor premise.

These two terms appear together in the conclusion and separately with the middle term in the major premise and minor premise, respectively.

Each insisted on establishing a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion.

He can't be there, minor premise.

A categorical syllogism is like a little machine built of three parts: the major premise, the minor premise and the conclusion.

The major premise is universal; the minor premise and the conclusion are particular.

It is also possible that the argument should proceed from another minor premise.

An "enthymeme" would follow today's form of a syllogism; however it would exclude either the major or minor premise.

A minor premise in symbolic logic (see syllogism)