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ALL meanings of chord

chord
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  • intransitive verb chord to harmonize 3
  • intransitive verb chord to play chords on (a piano, guitar, etc.) 3
  • countable noun chord A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect. 3
  • noun chord a straight line connecting two points on a curve or curved surface 3
  • noun chord the line segment lying between two points of intersection of a straight line and a curve or curved surface 3
  • noun chord one of the principal members of a truss, esp one that lies along the top or the bottom 3
  • noun chord an emotional response, esp one of sympathy 3
  • noun chord an imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and the trailing edge of an aerofoil 3
  • noun chord the string of a musical instrument 3
  • noun chord the simultaneous sounding of a group of musical notes, usually three or more in number 3
  • verb chord to provide (a melodic line) with chords 3
  • noun chord a feeling or emotion thought of as being played on like the string of a harp 3
  • noun chord an imaginary straight line extending directly through an airfoil from the leading to the trailing edge 3
  • noun chord the length of such a line 3
  • noun chord cord (sense 5) 3
  • noun chord a principal horizontal member in a rigid framework, as of a bridge 3
  • noun chord a straight line segment joining any two points on an arc, curve, or circumference 3
  • noun chord a combination of three or more tones sounded together in harmony 3
  • noun chord music: simultaneous notes 1
  • noun chord a combination of usually three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously. 1
  • verb with object chord to establish or play a chord or chords for (a particular harmony or song); harmonize or voice: How would you chord that in B flat? 1
  • noun chord A group of (typically three or more ) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony. 1
  • noun chord (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. 0
  • noun chord (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve. 0
  • noun chord (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss. 0
  • noun chord (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. 0
  • noun chord (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P. 0
  • noun chord The string of a musical instrument. 0
  • noun chord (anatomy) A cord. 0
  • noun chord (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle. 0
  • verb chord (Transitive Verb) To write chords for. 0
  • verb chord (music) To accord; to harmonize together. 0
  • verb chord (Transitive Verb) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. 0
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