1.
[syn: minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption]
2. incorporating something under a more general category;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subsumption \Sub*sump"tion\, n.
1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another.
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The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of
that of which we were conscious under this notion.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of
a syllogism.
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But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or
the subsumption under the rule. --De Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subsumption
n 1: the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term
(which is the subject of the conclusion) [syn: minor
premise, minor premiss, subsumption]
2: incorporating something under a more general category