mediant

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:06:03

Me"di*ant (?), n. [L. medians, p. p. of mediare to halve: cf. It. mediante, F. m'ediante.] Mus.

The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

 

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