'Chord' definitions:
Definition of 'chord'
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Definition of 'Chord'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Chord'
From: GCIDE
- Chord \Chord\, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chord'
From: GCIDE
- Chord \Chord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. chordh`. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chord'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Chord'
- Chorded,
- Chording,
- chords,
- Chord of an arch,
- Chord of curvature,
- Common chord,
- Consecutive chords,
- Dominant chord,
- Equivocal chord,
- Fundamental chord,
- Irrelative chords,
- Perfect chord,
- Primitive chord,
- Scale of chords,
- Supplementary chords,
- Tables of a chord,
- Vocal chords,
- seventh chord,
- strike a chord,
- touch a chord