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.
Origin
From Italian mediante, from Latin mediāns ("being in the middle"), present active participle of mediō, from medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- ("between").
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