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Mediant

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Noun

1. mediant

(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mediant

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

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Mediant

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noun
the third degree of a major or minor scale

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mediant

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n.
The third tone in a diatonic musical scale, determining the major or minor quality of the tonic chord.

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