It’s a form of deductive reasoning where you arrive at a conclusion by examine two other premises, typically a major and a minor.
You can put it like this: All X is Z, all Y is X, so therefore all Y is Z.
Ex.
All birds are animals and all parrots are birds. Therefore, all parrots are animals.
A carrots is a vegetable. All vegetables are good. Therefore, all carrots are good.
It can also be used as a word to describe a sophisticated argument or deductive reasoning.
