Definition of chord

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Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

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Parachordal :: Parachordal (n.) A parachordal cartilage.
Harpsichon :: Harpsichon (n.) A harpsichord.
Decachord :: Decachord (n.) Alt. of Decachordo.
Manichord :: Manichord () Alt. of Manichordo.
Thorough Bass :: Thorough bass () The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
Chord :: Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.
Cord :: Cord (n.) See Chord.
Ninth :: Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.
Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..
Generator :: Generator (n.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..
Harpsichord :: Harpsichord (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano..
Clavecin :: Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.
Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..
Chordal :: Chordal (a.) Of or pertaining to a chord.
Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.
Tonality :: Tonality (n.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole..
Tremando :: Tremando (a.) Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.
Notochordal :: Notochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..
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