Chord
[kɔːd] or [kɔrd]
Definition
(noun.) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together.
(noun.) a straight line connecting two points on a curve.
(verb.) play chords on (a string instrument).
Typist: Winfred--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The string of a musical instrument.
(n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
(n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
(n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
(n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
(v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Editor: Nancy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. String (of a musical instrument).[2]. Harmonious tones.[3]. (Geom.) Right line uniting the extremities of an arc.
Typed by Jeanette
Definition
n. (mus.) the simultaneous and harmonious union of sounds of a different pitch.—The Common chord is a note with its third and perfect fifth reckoned upwards.
n. the string of a musical instrument: (fig.) of the emotions: (geom.) a straight line joining the extremities of an arc: a straight line joining any two points in the curve of a circle ellipse &c.
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Examples
- But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For example, the sid e of a hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius, and is the chord of 60°, or of the sixth part of the circle. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The appeal of her helplessness touched in him, as it always did, a latent chord of inclination. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was a feeling which he had seen before in his mother; but no chord within vibrated to it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The sound had a responsive chord in the bosom of Clara. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was like a long-drawn chord of a church organ, infinitely softened by distance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore, if it had depended upon me to touch the prevailing chord among them with any skill, I should have made a poor hand of it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It plained of its gaping wounds, its inward bleeding, its riven chords. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She struck a few chords--then glanced round at me--then looked back again at her music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You will see how he will draw the English power and melody out of its chords. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And he told me, he said, playing little chords where I shall put full stops, The Coavinses had left. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And her throat was beautifully, so beautifully soft, save that, within, he could feel the slippery chords of her life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This Mr. Guppy resents as a liberty, retorting, Jobling, there ARE chords in the human mind-- Jobling begs pardon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As I laid my hand on the door opposite, I heard a few plaintive chords struck on the piano in the room within. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then inside the cave he could hear the gypsy starting to sing and the soft chording of a guitar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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