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noun
The third degree of the diatonic scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A rational number whose numerator is the sum of the numerators of two other given rational numbers and whose denominator is the sum of the denominators of those same two other rational numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
(music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: note, musical note, tone
History
From Italian mediante, from Latin mediānt- (“being in the middle”), present active participle of mediō (“to be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *medhyo- (“between”).
Across languages
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