Meanings
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noun
the third note of a major scale in the tonic sol-fa system
The choir held the note on mi until the conductor's cue.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From the third syllable of the medieval solmization hymn 'Ut queant laxis', from the line 'MIra gestorum', devised by Guido of Arezzo in the 11th century to name the notes of the scale.