Definition of chord

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Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..

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Sea Laces :: Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long..
Pentachord :: Pentachord (n.) An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony..
Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..
Tetrachord :: Tetrachord (n.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable..
Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..
Chord :: Chord (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
Diphycercal :: Diphycercal (a.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal..
Sector :: Sector (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale..
Urochorda :: Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.
Chorda :: Chorda (n.) A cord.
Epichordal :: Epichordal (a.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it..
Decachord :: Decachord (n.) Alt. of Decachordo.
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass..
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..
Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..
Chord :: Chord (n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4..
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord..
Urochordal :: Urochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
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