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Numerator vs Mediant - What's the difference?

numerator | mediant |

As nouns the difference between numerator and mediant

is that numerator is (arithmetic) the number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½) while mediant is (music) the third degree of the diatonic scale.

numerator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½).
  • An enumerator; someone who counts things.

    • Synonyms

    * (arithmetic) nominator (obsolete)

    Related terms

    * denominator

    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 .