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noun

Chord n.

The string of a musical instrument.

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

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

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

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

Accidental chords, Common chords, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal.

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.

verb

Chord v. t. (past & past part. chorded; pres. part. chording) 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."

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

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