mediant

/ˈmiːdi.ənt/

mediant noun: the third degree of the diatonic scale.

Noun

mediant (plural mediants)

The third degree of the diatonic scale.
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.
- For any tangent pair of Ford circles corresponding to rational numbers r and s, the Ford circle tangent to both of them corresponds to the rational number which is the mediant of r and s.

mediant meaning in Tamil and Bengali

Forms of mediant

plural	mediants

Origin of mediant

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”).

Words formed from mediant

submediant

Questions about mediant

What does mediant mean?: Mediant means the third degree of the diatonic scale.
What is mediant in Tamil?: Mediant in Tamil is சுரமையம். See Mediant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mediant?: Mediant is a noun.
How do you pronounce mediant?: Mediant is pronounced /ˈmiːdi.ənt/.
What is the plural of mediant?: The plural of mediant is mediants.

Words near mediant in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: mediant (page history and authors); mediant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mediant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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