Associations to the word «Mediant»

Wiktionary

MEDIANT, noun. (music) The third degree of the diatonic scale.
MEDIANT, noun. (mathematics) A rational number whose numerator is the sum of the numerators of two other given rational numbers and whose denominator is the sum of the denominators of those same two other rational numbers.

Dictionary definition

MEDIANT, noun. (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant.

Wise words

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