chord

== English == === Alternative forms === (music): cord (dated) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːd/ (General American) enPR: kôrd, IPA(key): /kɔɹd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Homophones: cord; cored (horse–hoarse merger) === Noun === chord (plural chords) (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. (geometry) A line segment between two points of a curve. (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss. (rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them. (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. (nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech. (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P. The string of a musical instrument. (anatomy) A cord. (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== span === Verb === chord (third-person singular simple present chords, present participle chording, simple past and past participle chorded) (transitive) To write chords for. (music) To accord; to harmonize together. (transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== simultaneity