argument
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3. a. A summary or short statement of the plot or subject of a literary work. b. A topic; a subject: "You and love are still my argument" (Shakespeare).
4. Logic. The minor premise in a syllogism.
5. Mathematics. a. The independent variable of a function. b. The amplitude of a complex number.
6. Computer Science. A value used to evaluate a procedure or subroutine.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin argūmentum, from arguere, to make clear. See
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