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Denominator vs Mediant - What's the difference?

denominator | mediant |

As nouns the difference between denominator and mediant

is that denominator is the number or expression written below the line in a fraction (thus 2 in ½) while mediant is the third degree of the diatonic scale.

denominator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (thus 2 in ½).

    • Antonyms

    * numerator

    Derived terms

    * common denominator * lowest common denominator

    Anagrams

    * English abstract nouns ----

    mediant

    English

    (wikipedia mediant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The third degree of the diatonic scale.
  • (mathematics) 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 .