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Definition chord

Etymology

Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek (Doric) ????? (khordá), (Ionic) ????? (khord?, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)

Noun

chord (plural chords)

  1. (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
  2. (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
  3. (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
    1. (railway engineering) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
  4. (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
  5. (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
  6. The string of a musical instrument.
  7. (anatomy) A cord.
  8. (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.

Verb

chord (third-person singular simple present chords, present participle chording, simple past and past participle chorded)

  1. (transitive) To write chords for.
  2. (music) To accord; to harmonize together.
  3. (transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

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CHADOR 12
CHORDS 12
CHORED 12
OCHRED 12
ORCHID 12
RHODIC 12
SCHROD 12
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COR 6
DOC 7
DOR 4
HOD 6
ORC 6
RHO 5
ROC 6
ROD 4
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HO 4
OD 3
OH 4
OR 2

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