major premise pišpâye-ye mehin Fr.: prémisse majeur Logic: In a → categorical syllogism, the premise containing the → major term. |
minor premise pišpâye-ye kehin Fr.: prémisse mineur Logic: In a → categorical syllogism, the premise containing the → minor term. |
premise pišpâyé Fr.: prémisse Logic: An initial → proposition or statement that is known or assumed to be → true and on which a logical → argument is based. From M.E. premiss, from O.Fr. premisse, from M.L. premissa (propositio) "(the proposition) set before," feminine p.p. of L. praemittere "send or put before," from prae "before," → pre-, + mittere "to send," → mission. |