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subdominant

noun

Etymology

From sub- + dominant.

  1. borrowed from dominant
  2. formed as subdominant — “sub- + dominant”

Definitions

  1. The fourth tone of a scale.

  2. The triad built on the subdominant tone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subdominant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA