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Urochorda :: Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.

Rheochord :: Rheochord (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit..

Octochord :: Octochord (n.) See Octachord.

Clavecin :: Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.

Subtense :: Subtend (v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc..

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

Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

Urochord :: Urochord (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.

Manichordon :: Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

Cembalo :: Cembalo (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.

Splanchno-skeleton :: Splanchnopleure (n.) The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure..

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..

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

Chordata :: Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord..

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Neurochordal :: Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord..

Urocord :: Urocord (n.) See Urochord.

Parachordal :: Parachordal (n.) A parachordal cartilage.

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