mediant

American  

[mee-dee-uhnt] / ˈmi di ənt /

noun

1. the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.

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mediant British  

/ ˈmiːdɪənt /

noun

1. music

   1. the third degree of a major or minor scale

   2. ( as modifier )

      a mediant chord

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Etymology

Origin of mediant

1720–30; < Italian mediante < Late Latin mediant- (stem of mediāns ), present participle of mediāre to be in the middle. See medium, -ant

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Example Sentences

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mediant

Putting, pound, potassium, pot, porter; initial p, mediant t—that was his idea, poor little boy!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

The exposition ends with some dreamy, pianissimo reminiscences of the closing theme in the mediant keys of F, D and B major, delicately scored for the wood-wind instruments and horns.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

But a mediant view is found in Kulhwych, where it is said of him that he restrains the demons of hell lest they should destroy the people of this world.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch

Sound contains three sounds: That of the tonic, the dominant, and the mediant.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

“Ah, you are mediant, incorrigible,” said the lady, in broken English, laughing as she spoke.

From Won from the Waves by John B. Greene

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