All chord synonyms

noun chord

• trajectory — the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
• arc — An arc is a smoothly curving line or movement.
• arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
• contour — You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours.
• loop — a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
• arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
• unity — the state of being one; oneness.
• melody — musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
• composition — When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
• tune — Thomas James ("Tommy") born 1939, U.S. dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, and director.
• swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• hairpin — a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
• crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
• bend — When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
• whorl — a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
• ambit — The ambit of something is its range or extent.
• concavity — the state or quality of being concave
• circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
• quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
• curvature — The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
• festoon — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
• bight — a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
• compass — A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
• circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
• bow — When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
• turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• circuit — An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
• vault — the act of vaulting.
• round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
• horseshoe — a U -shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
• hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
• ogee — a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
• helix — a spiral.
• flexure — the act of flexing or bending.
• curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
• parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
• meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
• camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
• half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
• catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
• incurvate — curved, especially inward.
• incurvation — curved, especially inward.
• sinuosity — Often, sinuosities. a curve, bend, or turn: a sinuosity of the road.
• unison — coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
• consonance — agreement, harmony, or accord
• concert — A concert is a performance of music.
• richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
• concurrence — Someone's concurrence is their agreement to something.
• piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.