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chord

noun
/kɔːd/UK/kɔɹd/US

Etymology

Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). No relation to French accord (“chord”) and its derivations. Doublet of cuerda.

  1. derived from χορδή

Definitions

  1. A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

    • He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.

  2. A line segment between two points of a curve.

  3. A horizontal member of a truss.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction…

      The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.

    2. An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.

    3. A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M…

      A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.

      • Ctrl-K is the default first key for chords, but you can create chords using any keys that you want.

    4. The string of a musical instrument.

      • Instruments that made melodious Chime Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who mov'd Their Stops and Chords was seen

    5. A cord.

    6. An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.

    7. To write chords for.

      • This chording technique works well for learning any tune, but this is the only tune of the set that I will write out completely as a chorded version.

    8. To accord

      To accord; to harmonize together.

      • This note chords with that one.

    9. To provide with musical chords or strings

      To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

      • When Jubal struck the chorded shell.
      • Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.

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Derived

accidental chord, augmented sixth chord, barre chord, bell chord, bichord, Blackadder chord, broken chord, chop chord, chordal, chord change, chord changes, chordless, chordlike, chordoma, chord organ, chord progression, chordwise, chordwork, cluster chord, common chord, counterchord, cowboy chord, cycle chord, dichord, diminished seventh chord, dominant seventh chord, enneachord, equal-interval chord, French augmented sixth chord, German augmented sixth chord, glasschord, glassichord, half-diminished seventh chord, hexachord, idiochord, Ikisugi chord, Italian augmented sixth chord, major chord, major seventh chord, minor chord · +24 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chord. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at chord. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at chord

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA