مُقَدِّمَةٌ
Root: قدم
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مُقَدِّمَةٌ
The ground whereon rests an inquiry or investigation: and the ground whereon rests the truth of an evidence or a demonstration: and a [premiss or] proposition which is made a part of a syllogism: and المُقَدِّمَةُ الغَرِيبَةُ is that [premiss] which is both actually and virtually suppressed in the syllogism; as when we say, A is equal to B, and B is equal to C, when it results that A is equal to C, by means of the
مُقَدِّمَة غَرِيبَة, which is, every equal to the equal of a thing is equal to that thing.