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mediant

American  
[mee-dee-uhnt] / ˈmi di ənt /

noun

  1. the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.

mediant British  
/ ˈmiːdɪənt /

noun

  1. music

    1. the third degree of a major or minor scale

    2. ( as modifier )

      a mediant chord
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Etymology

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

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