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chord1
[kawrd] Pronunciation Key
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[kawrd] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a feeling or emotion: His story struck a chord of pity in the listeners. |
| 2. | Geometry. the line segment between two points on a given curve. |
| 3. | Engineering, Building Trades. a principal member of a truss extending from end to end, usually one of a pair of such members, more or less parallel and connected by a web composed of various compression and tension members. |
| 4. | Aeronautics. a straight line joining the trailing and leading edges of an airfoil section. |
| 5. | Anatomy. cord (def. 6). |
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chorded, adjective
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chord2
[kawrd] Pronunciation Key
[kawrd] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a combination of usually three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously. |
| 2. | to establish or play a chord or chords for (a particular harmony or song); harmonize or voice: How would you chord that in B flat? |
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| chord 1
(kôrd, kōrd) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. chord·ed, chord·ing, chords v. intr.
v. tr.
[Alteration (influenced by chord, musical instrument string) of Middle English cord, from accord, agreement, from Old French acorde, from acorder, to agree; see accord.] |
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| chord 2
(kôrd, kōrd) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Alteration of cord.] |
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| cord
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n.
tr.v. cord·ed, cord·ing, cords
[Middle English, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Greek khordē; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.] cord'er n. |
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chord (1)
chord (1)
"related notes in music," 1597, aphetic of accord, infl. by L. chorda (see cord). Spelling with an -h- first recorded 1608.
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chord (2)
chord (2)
"structure in animals resembling a string," 1541, alt. of cord, by influence of Gk. khorde "gut, string." The geometry sense is from 1551; meaning "feeling, emotion" first attested 1784.
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| chord | |
noun | |
| 1. | a straight line connecting two points on a curve |
| 2. | a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together |
verb | |
| 1. | play chords on (a string instrument) |
| 2. | bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing [syn: harmonize] |
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chord
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chord
chord
In music, the sound of three or more notes played at the same time. The history of Western music is marked by an increase in complexity of the chords composers use.
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chord (kôrd)
n.
Variant of cord.
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Chord
Chord\, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. ?. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See Cord.]1. The string of a musical instrument. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell. Accidental, Common, & Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. Scale of chords. See Scale.
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Chord
Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. --Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. --Beecher.
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Chord
Chord\, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
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