| CHORDATES | • chordates n. Plural of chordate. • CHORDATE n. an animal having a backbone. |
| CHORDINGS | • chordings n. Plural of chording. • CHORDING n. the playing, singing, or arrangement of chords. |
| CHORDLIKE | • chordlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve). • chordlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (musical notes played simultaneously). • CHORDLIKE adj. like a chord. |
| CHORDWISE | • chordwise adj. In the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve). • chordwise adv. In the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve). • CHORDWISE adv. in the direction of an aerofoil chord. |
| 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. |
| SUBCHORDS | • subchords n. Plural of subchord. • SUBCHORD n. a subdivision of a chord. |
| TRICHORDS | • trichords n. Plural of trichord. • TRICHORD n. an instrument, such as a lyre or harp, having three strings. |
| UROCHORDS | • urochords n. Plural of urochord. • UROCHORD n. a rodlike structure in certain lower vertebrates. |