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Webster 1913 Edition

Chord

Chord

(kôrd)
,
Noun.
[L
chorda
a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr.
χορδή
. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written
cord
. See
Cord
.]
1.
The string of a musical instrument.
Milton.
2.
(Mus.)
A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony,
as, the common
chord
.
3.
(Geom.)
A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
4.
(Anat.)
A cord. See
Cord
,
Noun.
, 4.
5.
(Engin.)
The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
Waddell.
Accidental, Common, and Vocal
chords
.
See under
Accidental
,
Common
, and
Vocal
.
–
Chord of an arch
.
See Illust. of
Arch
.
–
Chord of curvature
,
a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.
–
Scale of chords
.
See
Scale
.

Chord

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chorded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chording
.]
To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
When Jubal struck the
chorded
shell.
Dryden.
Even the solitary old pine tree
chords
his harp.
Beecher.

Chord

,
Verb.
I.
(Mus.)
To accord; to harmonize together;
as, this note
chords
with that
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chord

CHORD

, n.
1.
The string of a musical instrument.
2.
In music, the union of two or more sounds uttered at the same time, forming an entire harmony; as a third, fifth and eighth, which are perfect chords, or consonancies. The fourth and sixth are imperfect chords.
3.
In geometry, a right line drawn or supposed to extend from one end of an arch of a circle to the other. Hence the chord of an arch is a right line joining the extremities of that arch.

CHORD

,
Verb.
T.
To string.

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