SUBDOMINANT


Meaning of SUBDOMINANT in English

/sub dom"euh neuhnt/ , n.

1. Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.

adj.

2. less than or not quite dominant.

[ 1785-95; SUB- + DOMINANT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .