subsumption

noun

The act of subsuming.

Something subsumed.

The minor premise of a syllogism.

The act of subsuming; the act of mentioning as an instance of a rule or an example of a class; the act of including under something more general (and, in the strict use of the word, something already considered), as a particular under a universal, or a species under a genus.

That which is subsumed; the minor premise of a syllogism, when stated after the major premise.