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sorites definition

so·ri·tes (sō rīt′ēz)

noun pl. sorites -·tes

Logic a series of premises followed by a conclusion, arranged so that the predicate of the first premise is the subject of the next, and so forth, the conclusion uniting the subject of the first with the predicate of the last in an elliptical series of syllogisms

Etymology: L < Gr sōreitēs (syllogismos), heaped up (syllogism) < sōros, a heap: see soma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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