monochord

[ mon-uh-kawrd ]

noun
  1. an acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.

Origin of monochord

1
1375–1425; late Middle English monocorde<Medieval Latin monochordum<Greek monóchordon, noun use of neuter of monóchordos with one string. See mono-, chord1

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monochord

/ (ˈmɒnəʊˌkɔːd) /


noun
  1. an instrument employed in acoustic analysis or investigation, consisting usually of one string stretched over a resonator of wood: Also called: sonometer (səˈnɒmɪtə)

Origin of monochord

1
C15: from Old French, from Late Latin, from Greek monokhordon, from mono- + khordē string

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