| CHORD | • chord n. (Music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. • chord n. (Geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve. • chord n. (Engineering) A horizontal member of a truss. |
| BICHORD | • bichord n. (Music) A chord of two notes played at the same time. • bichord adj. (Music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings. • BICHORD adj. of a musical instrument, having two strings, esp. two strings for each note. |
| DICHORD | • dichord n. (Music) A chord with two notes. • dichord n. A musical instrument that has two sets of strings. • dichord n. An ancient two-stringed lute. |
| SUBCHORD | • subchord n. (Geometry) A portion of a chord. • SUBCHORD n. a subdivision of a chord. |
| TRICHORD | • trichord n. (Music) any set of three different pitch classes. • trichord n. A musical instrument with three strings, such as a lyre or harp. • TRICHORD n. an instrument, such as a lyre or harp, having three strings. |
| UROCHORD | • urochord n. (Zoology) a notochord that is limited to the caudal region; especially in the Urochordata. • urochord n. Any marine organism of the Urochordata. • UROCHORD n. a rodlike structure in certain lower vertebrates. |
| DECACHORD | • decachord n. An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp. • decachord n. Anything having ten parts. • DECACHORD n. an old ten-stringed musical instrument. |
| HEXACHORD | • hexachord n. (Music) A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds, the… • HEXACHORD n. a series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones. |
| MONOCHORD | • monochord n. A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting… • monochord n. A stringed instrument with only one string. • MONOCHORD n. a musical instrument having only one string. |
| NOTOCHORD | • notochord n. A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine. • notochord n. A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops. • NOTOCHORD n. a backbone-like series of cells in the lowest vertebrates. |
| OCTACHORD | • octachord n. A musical instrument with eight strings. • octachord n. A musical system of eight tones. • OCTACHORD n. an instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. |
| RHEOCHORD | • rheochord n. A wire that can measure or vary the resistance of an electric circuit, or measure the variability of the current. • RHEOCHORD n. a wire rheostat, a metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, also RHEOCORD. |
| CLARICHORD | • clarichord n. An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
| CLAVICHORD | • clavichord n. (Music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents)… • CLAVICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument, also CLARICHORD. |
| HEPTACHORD | • heptachord n. (Music) A system of seven sounds. • heptachord n. (Music) A lyre with seven chords. • heptachord n. (Poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. |
| PENTACHORD | • pentachord n. (Music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale. • pentachord n. A musical instrument with five strings. • PENTACHORD n. an ancient musical instrument with five strings. |
| TETRACHORD | • tetrachord n. (Music) Any set of four different pitch classes. • tetrachord n. (Music) A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones. • TETRACHORD n. a series of four sounds, forming a scale of two tones and a half. |
| HARPSICHORD | • harpsichord n. (Music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When… • HARPSICHORD n. a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. |
| HARMONICHORD | • harmonichord n. (Music) A kind of upright piano whose strings are set in vibration not by the blow of the hammer but… • HARMONICHORD n. a keyboard instrument of violin tone, in which the strings are rubbed by rosined wheels. |