'Submediant' definitions:

Definition of 'submediant'

(from WordNet)
noun
(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

Definition of 'Submediant'

From: GCIDE
  • Submediant \Sub*me"di*ant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'submediant'

From: GCIDE
  • Superdominant \Su`per*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant. [1913 Webster]

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