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 Definitions of Chord  [ɔrd]  

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Definition of 'Chord' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) chord
a feeling or emotion:
Your story struck a sympathetic chord in me.

2.  chord
the line segment between two points on a given curve.

3.  chord
a principal longitudinal member of a truss, usu. one of a pair connected by a web member.

4.  chord
a straight line joining the trailing and leading edges of an airfoil section.

5. (n.) chord
a combination of usu. three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously.

6. (v.t.) chord
to harmonize or voice with chords.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; earlier cord, ME, short for accord ; ch- from chord1)

Definition of 'Chord' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chord
a straight line connecting two points on a curve

2. (verb) chord
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

3. (verb) chord
play chords on (a string instrument)

4. (verb) harmonize, harmonise, chord
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing


Definition of 'Chord' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chord
musical notes played together

2.  chord
strike/touch a chord
to make sb feel sympathy or understanding
Her story struck a chord with me.


Definition of 'Chord' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Chord
the string of a musical instrument

2. (noun) Chord
a combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord

3. (noun) Chord
a right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve

4. (noun) Chord
a cord. See Cord, n., 4

5. (noun) Chord
the upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension

6. (verb) Chord
to provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune

7. (verb) Chord
to accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that


Translation of 'Chord' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in music, a number of notes played together.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: akkoord Arabic flag Arabic: تَناغُم الأصْوات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: акорд
Brazilian flag Brazilian: acorde Czech flag Czech: akord German flag German: der Akkord
Danish flag Danish: akkord Greek flag Greek: συγχορδία (μουσ.) Spanish flag Spanish: acorde
Estonian flag Estonian: akord Farsi flag Farsi: آمیزه ای از چند آهنگ که ب Finnish flag Finnish: sointu
French flag French: accord Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָקוֹרד Hindi flag Hindi: डोरी
Croatian flag Croatian: akord Hungarian flag Hungarian: akkord Indonesian flag Indonesian: gabungan nada
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hljómur Italian flag Italian: accordo Japanese flag Japanese: 和音
Korean flag Korean: 화음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: akordas Latvian flag Latvian: akords
Malay flag Malay: kod Dutch flag Dutch: akkoord Norwegian flag Norwegian: akkord
Polish flag Polish: akord Persian flag Persian: آمیزه ای از چند آهنگ که ب Pashto flag Pashto: تار (په تېره دموسيقى اّلا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: acorde Romanian flag Romanian: acord Russian flag Russian: аккорд
Slovak flag Slovak: akord Slovenian flag Slovenian: akord Serbian flag Serbian: akord
Swedish flag Swedish: ackord Thai flag Thai: คอร์ดดนตรี Turkish flag Turkish: akort, ahenk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 和絃 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: акорд Urdu flag Urdu: سروں اور تالوں کا مجموعہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hợp âm Chinese flag Chinese: 和弦

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