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Definition of: sorites
(sô·rī′tēs, sō-) noun Logic
A form of compound syllogism made up of successive coordinate members: Bucephalus is a horse; a horse is a quadruped; a quadruped is an animal; therefore Bucephalus is an animal. [<L <Gk. sōreitēs <sōros a heap]
—so·rit′·i·cal (-rit′i·kəl) adjective
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