MEDIANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

Credits