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Definition of Mediant
1. Noun. (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant.
Definition of Mediant
1. n. The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
Definition of Mediant
1. Noun. (music) The third degree of the diatonic scale. ¹
2. 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. ¹
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Definition of Mediant
1. a type of musical tone [n -S]