chord

chord
    n 1: a straight line connecting two points on a curve
    2: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously
       when sounded together
    v 1: play chords on (a string instrument)
    2: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music
       or singing [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}, {chord}]
    

Chord \Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chording}.]
   To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to
   tune.
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         When Jubal struck the chorded shell.     --Dryden.
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         Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.
                                                  --Beecher.
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Chord \Chord\, v. i. (Mus.)
   To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with
   that.
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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.
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   2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
      producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
      chord.
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   3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
      a circle or curve.
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   4. (Anat.) A cord. See {Cord}, n., 4.
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   5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
      horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.
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   {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}.
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      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