subalternant Logic.
(sʌbɒlˈtɜːnənt)
(More freq. in L. form.)
[ad. mod.L. subalternans, -ant-, pr. pple. of subalternāre subaltern v.]
See quots.
| 1826 Whately Logic Index (1827) 347 Subaltern opposition, is between a Universal and a Particular of the same Quality. Of these, the Universal is the Subalternant, and the Particular the Subalternate. 1867 Atwater Logic 109 In each pair of these the Universal is called the Subalternans, the Particular the Subalternate. |