submediant

Definition of Submediant in English :

1. submediant

(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Submediant

noun

1.

the sixth degree of a major or minor scale

2.

a key or chord based on this

adjective

3.

of or relating to the submediant

noun

the sixth tone of a diatonic scale; tone just above the dominant and below the subtonic; superdominant

n.
Music

The sixth tone of a diatonic scale. Also called superdominant.