Numerator vs Mediant - What's the difference?
numerator | mediant |
(arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½).
An enumerator; someone who counts things.
(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.
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
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (arithmetic) nominator (obsolete)mediant
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(wikipedia mediant)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .