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mediant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mediant \Me"di*ant\, n. [L. medians, p. p. of mediare to halve: cf It mediante, F. m['e]diante.] (Mus.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mediant n : (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
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