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MEDIANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mediant mean?
• MEDIANT (noun)
The noun MEDIANT has 1 sense:
1. (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
Familiarity information: MEDIANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mediant" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
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