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Definition: Mediant |
MediantNoun1. (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| "Mediant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mediant" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "mediant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | медианта. (various references) | ||||
Farsi | یکی ازالحان سرودکلیساءی , سومین گام واقع بین نت پنجم ومایه نما. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 中音 (the mediant). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | ちゅうおん (the mediant). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ediantmay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mediant": mediants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mediant": submediant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mediant": submediants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "mediant" (pronounced 'Me"di*ant'): Aberrant, Abeyant, Abirritant, Abradant, Absonant, Abundant, Accomptant, Accordant, Accusant, Acquaintant, Adamant, Adhamant, Adjoinant, Adjutant, Administrant, Adragant, Adulterant, Adumbrant, Affiant, Affirmant, Agglutinant, Aidant, Albicant, Alicant, Aliquant, Allegiant, Alliant, Alternant, Altisonant, Altivolant, Amarant, Ambulant, Amplectant, Annuitant, Anticipant, Apophlegmatizant, Appealant, Applicant, Appreciant, Arcboutant, Arrant, Arrogant, Asonant, Aspectant, Assonant, Attenuant, Avant, Avowant, Battailant, Beauseant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: aidmen, daimen, detain, etamin, inmate, maiden, mantid, median, medina, minted, tamein, tandem. | |
-2 letters: admen, admit, aimed, amend, ament, amide, amine, anime, anted, demit, denim, entia, maned, mated, matin, meant, media, menad, menta, minae, mined, named, tamed, teind, tenia, timed, tinea, tined. | |
-3 letters: adit, aide, amen, amid, amie, amin, ante, anti, dame, damn, date. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: animated, dementia, diamante, dominate, dynamite, mediants. | |
+2 letters: alimented, almandite, amnestied, deaminate, demantoid, demasting, demential, dementias, dentalium, diamantes, dismantle, dominated, dominates, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, geminated, hardiment, impainted, implanted, intimated, laminated, magnitude, marinated, mediating, mediation, mendacity, mendicant, misatoned, nominated, ruminated. | |
+3 letters: abominated, abridgment, adamantine, administer, admittance, advisement, almandites, amantadine, ambitioned, ammoniated, anatomised, anatomized, animadvert, animatedly, antimodern, antimonide, bombinated, brominated, criminated, culminated, deaminated, deaminates, decimating, decimation, defamation, delaminate, demantoids, denominate, dentaliums, derailment, detainment, disbarment, dismantled, dismantles, dominative, dynamiters, eliminated, emendating, emendation, endometria, fulminated, germinated, hardiments, intermodal, intimidate, machinated, magnetised, magnetized, magnitudes, maintained, manifested, manumitted, marginated, mastermind, mediastina, mediations, medicament, medicating, medication, meditating, meditation, mendicants, mispainted, misplanted, mistrained, moderating, moderation, multipaned, myelinated, nematicide, nematocide, ordainment, pantomimed, pedimental, reanimated, rudimental, stampeding, submediant, terminated, timberland, unadmitted, unmediated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 64 69 61 6E 74 |
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