| 释义 |
me·di·ant
\ˈmēdēənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Italian mediante, from Late Latin mediant-, medians, present participle of mediare to be in the middle — more at mediate
1. in ecclesiastical modes : a modulation of the authentic and the plagal modes
2. : the third musical degree of the major or minor scale (as E in the scale of C) midway between the tonic and the dominant |