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A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which can be moved, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.
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A stringed instrument with only one string.
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A bass note on a piano that has a single string.
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Learned borrowing from Latin monochordon, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μονόχορδον (monókhordon). By surface analysis, mono- + chord.
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Finnish:
monokordi
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French:
monocorde
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Irish:
monachorda
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Italian:
monocordo
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Polish:
monochord
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Russian:
монохо́рд
(monoxórd)
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