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单词 mediant
释义

mediant

[ mee-dee-uhnt ]
/ ˈmi di ənt /

noun

the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.

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

Words nearby mediant

median plane, median rhinoscopy, median rhomboid glossitis, median sacral vein, median strip, mediant, median vein, mediastinal emphysema, mediastinal fibrosis, mediastinal space, mediastinal vein
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Example sentences from the Web for mediant

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

    Delsarte System of Oratory|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mediant

mediant
/ (ˈmiːdɪənt) /

noun

music
  1. the third degree of a major or minor scale
  2. (as modifier)a mediant chord

Word Origin for mediant

C18: from Italian mediante, from Late Latin mediāre to be in the middle
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