Subdominant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subdominant \Sub*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
     The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so
     called as being under the dominant.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  subdominant
       n : (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale