mediant

Meaning

1. The third degree of the diatonic scale.
2. 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.

Synonyms

third

3rd

sandwich digit

mid voice

Translations

mittelhoher Ton

Mediante

médiante

mediante

mediante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiːdi.ənt/

Etymology

From Italian mediante, from Latin mediānt- (“being in the middle”), present active participle of mediō (“I am in the middle”), from medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”).