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Neurochordal :: Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.

Poly- :: Poly- (a.) A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic..

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

Chordee :: Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea..

Chord :: Chord (v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that..

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Disjunctive :: Disjunctive (a.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords.

Chord :: Chord (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.

Clavecin :: Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.

Triad :: Triad (n.) A chord of three notes.

Prochordal :: Prochordal (a.) Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Pentachord :: Pentachord (n.) An ancient instrument of music with five strings.

Pelecoid :: Pelecoid (n.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

Chording :: Chording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chor.

Segment :: Segment (n.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration..

Chorded :: Chorded (imp. & p. p.) of Chor.

Za :: Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords..

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