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Chord

Chord Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chord? [n] a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together [n] a straight line connecting two points on a curve [v] bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing [v] play chords on, as of string instruments Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chord: harmonise \| harmonize Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chord: accompany \| accord \| air line \| arpeggio \| assonate \| atone \| attune \| axis \| be harmonious \| be in tune \| beeline \| blend \| broken chord \| caring \| catgut \| chime \| common chord \| concento \| concern \| concertize \| concord \| consonant chord \| diagonal \| diameter \| diminished seventh chord \| direct line \| directrix \| do \| dominant chord \| echo \| edge \| empathy \| enharmonic \| execute \| fellow feeling \| fiddlestring \| great-circle course \| harmonize \| horsehair \| identification \| interpret \| involvement \| major triad \| make music \| melodize \| minor chord \| musicalize \| normal \| nylon string \| pathos \| perform \| perpendicular \| play \| play by ear \| put in tune \| radius \| radius vector \| relating \| render \| response \| responsiveness \| right line \| secant \| segment \| seventh chord \| sharing \| shortcut \| side \| sixth chord \| sound in tune \| sound together \| steel string \| straight \| straight course \| straight line \| straight stretch \| straightaway \| streamline \| string \| sympathetic chord \| sympathetic response \| sympathy \| symphonize \| synchronize \| tangent \| tone down \| tone up \| tonic triad \| transversal \| triad \| tune \| tune up \| unbroken chord \| vector \| vibes \| vibrations \| voice \| wound string See Also \| alter \| arpeggio \| change \| common chord \| key \| musical note \| note \| play \| seventh chord \| sforzando \| straight line \| tone \| triad Chord In Webster's Dictionary \Chord\, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. ?. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See {Cord}.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) A cord. See {Cord}, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell. {Accidental, Common, & Vocal} {chords}. See under {Accidental}, {Common}, and {Vocal}. {Chord of an arch}. See Illust. of {Arch}. {Chord of curvature}, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. {Scale of chords}. See {Scale}. \Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chorded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chording}.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. --Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. --Beecher. \Chord\, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

Chord Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chord?

[n] a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
[n] a straight line connecting two points on a curve
[v] bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
[v] play chords on, as of string instruments

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chord: harmonise | harmonize

Chord In Webster's Dictionary

\Chord\, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr.
?. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is
written cord. See {Cord}.]
1. The string of a musical instrument. --Milton.

2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
   producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
   chord.

3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
   a circle or curve.

4. (Anat.) A cord. See {Cord}, n., 4.

5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
   horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.

{Accidental, Common, & Vocal} {chords}. See under
   {Accidental}, {Common}, and {Vocal}.

{Chord of an arch}. See Illust. of {Arch}.

{Chord of curvature}, a chord drawn from any point of a
   curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.

{Scale of chords}. See {Scale}.


\Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chording}.]
To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to
tune.

      When Jubal struck the chorded shell.     --Dryden.

      Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.
                                               --Beecher.


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

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