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noun
A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A line segment between two points of a curve.
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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A horizontal member of a truss.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A horizontal member of a truss.
A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
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Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
The string of a musical instrument.
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noun
A cord.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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verb
To write chords for.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To accord; to harmonize together.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: note, musical note, tone
Narrower terms: arpeggio, sforzando, common chord, triad, seventh chord
noun
a straight line connecting two points on a curve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: straight line
verb
bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: harmonize, harmonise
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: key
verb
play chords on (a string instrument)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: play
History
Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). No relation to French accord (“chord”) and its derivations. Doublet of cuerda.
Across languages
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