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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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Invert
::
Invert
(v. t.) To
change
the
position
of; -- said of tones which form a
chord,
or parts which
compose
harmony..
Resolution
::
Resolution
(n.) The
passing
of a
dissonant
into a
consonant
chord by the
rising
or
falling
of the note which makes the
discord.
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superseded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..
Polychord
::
Polychord
(n.) An
apparatus
for
coupling
two
octave
notes,
capable
of being
attached
to a keyed
instrument..
Chord
::
Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a
truss,
usually
horizontal,
resisting
compression
or
tension..
Flugel
::
Flugel
(n.) A grand piano or a
harpsichord,
both being
wing-shaped..
Sagitta
::
Sagitta
(n.) The
distance
from a point in a curve to the
chord;
also, the
versed
sine of an arc; -- so
called
from its
resemblance
to an arrow
resting
on the bow and
string..
Seventh
::
Seventh
(n.) A chord which
includes
the
interval
of a
seventh
whether
major,
minor,
or
diminished..
Manichordon
::
Manichordon
() The
clavichord
or
clarichord;
--
called
also dumb
spinet.
Heptachord
::
Heptachord
(n.) A
composition
sung to the sound of seven
chords
or
tones.
Urochord
::
Urochord
(n.) The
central
axis or cord in the tail of
larval
ascidians
and of
certain
adult
tunicates.
Harmony
::
Harmony
(n.) A
succession
of
chords
according
to the rules of
progression
and
modulation.
Chord
::
Chord (n.) A
combination
of tones
simultaneously
performed,
producing
more or less
perfect
harmony,
as, the
common
chord..
Progression
::
Progression
(n.) A
regular
succession
of tones or
chords;
the
movement
of the parts in
harmony;
the order of the
modulations
in a piece from key to key.
Anticipation
::
Anticipation
(n.) The
commencing
of one or more tones of a chord with or
during
the chord
preceding,
forming
a
momentary
discord..
Cembalo
::
Cembalo
(n.) An old name for the
harpsichord.
Figure
::
Figure
(n.) Any short
succession
of
notes,
either
as
melody
or as a group of
chords,
which
produce
a
single
complete
and
distinct
impression..
Hexachord
::
Hexachord
(n.) A
series
of six
notes,
with a
semitone
between
the third and
fourth,
the other
intervals
being whole
tones..
Consonant
::
Consonant
(a.)
harmonizing
together;
accordant;
as,
consonant
tones,
consonant
chords..
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..
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