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Definition of chord
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of chord is as below...
Chord (n.) A right line
uniting
the
extremities
of the arc of a
circle
or
curve.
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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..
Cephalostyle
::
Cephalostyle
(n.) The
anterior
end of the
notochord
and its bony
sheath
in the base of
cartilaginous
crania.
Urochorda
::
Urochorda
(n. pl.) Same as
Tunicata.
Gradation
::
Gradation
(n.) A
diatonic
ascending
or
descending
succession
of
chords.
Triad
::
Triad (n.) The
common
chord,
consisting
of a tone with its third and
fifth,
with or
without
the
octave..
Urochord
::
Urochord
(n.) The
central
axis or cord in the tail of
larval
ascidians
and of
certain
adult
tunicates.
Clavichord
::
Clavichord
(n.) A keyed
stringed
instrument,
now
superseded
by the
pianoforte.
See
Clarichord..
Clavecin
::
Clavecin
(n.) The
harpsichord.
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..
Invert
::
Invert
(v. t.) To
change
the
position
of; -- said of tones which form a
chord,
or parts which
compose
harmony..
Subnuvolar
::
Subnotochordal
(a.)
Situated
on the
ventral
side of the
notochord;
as, the
subnotochordal
rod..
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..
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..
Leptocardia
::
Leptocardia
(n. pl.) The
lowest
class of
Vertebrata,
including
only the
Amphioxus.
The heart is
represented
only by a
simple
pulsating
vessel.
The blood is
colorless;
the
brain,
renal
organs,
and limbs are
wanting,
and the
backbone
is
represented
only by a
simple,
unsegmented
notochord.
See
Amphioxus..
Chordal
::
Chordal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
chord.
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..
Vertebrata
::
Vertebrata
(n. pl.) One of the grand
divisions
of the
animal
kingdom,
comprising
all
animals
that have a
backbone
composed
of bony or
cartilaginous
vertebrae,
together
with
Amphioxus
in which the
backbone
is
represented
by a
simple
undivided
notochord.
The
Vertebrata
always
have a
dorsal,
or
neural,
cavity
above the
notochord
or
backbone,
and a
ventral,
or
visceral,
cavity
below it. The
subdivisions
or
classes
of
Vertebrata
are
Mammalia,
Aves,
Reptilia,
Amphibia,
Pisces,
Marsipobranchia,
and Lep
Chord
::
Chord (n.) A right line
uniting
the
extremities
of the arc of a
circle
or
curve.
Suspensive
::
Suspension
(n.) The
prolongation
of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which
follows,
thus
producing
a
momentary
discord,
suspending
the
concord
which the ear
expects.
Cf.
Retardation..
Keynote
::
Keynote
(n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or
passage
is
written;
the
fundamental
tone of the
chord,
to which all the
modulations
of the piece are
referred;
--
called
also key
tone..
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