chordn.¹

Brit.

/kɔːd/, U.S.

/kɔrd/

Forms: Also 1500s chorde.

Etymology: A 16th cent. refashioning of cord n.¹ (corde ), after Latin chorda, Greek χορδή ; now restricted to a few special senses. This form is alone found for sense 2b, and is now always used in senses 2, 4; for the physiological senses (3) usage varies. Johnson says: When it signifies a rope or string in general, it is written cord: when its primitive signification is preserved, the h is retained.

†1. A string or small rope. Now written cord n.¹

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc.

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linea1000

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whipcord?a1500

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tie-tie1774

rope1841

wire rope2001

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string

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knittlea1425

chord1645

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slip1688

tie-cord1907

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xliv. 48 [They] tie a great chord about their necks.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 523 A cord that passed over the pullies. One of the assistants..pulling at the chord.

1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. vi. 25 A chord or fine wire with a weight attached.

a. spec. A string of a musical instrument, such as a harp. (Now only poetic; ordinarily string.)

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course-

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxliii. 10 In psawtry of ten cordis til þe sall I synge.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 561 The sound..Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who moovd Thir stops and chords was seen.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. §9. 66 The Chords of the Lyre were augmented gradually from four to forty.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. Introd. 8 He swept the sounding chords along.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 20 A nervous ring..from which proceed two cords running along the whole length of the body.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 95 Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might.

figurative.1768 T. Gray Progress of Poesy (new ed.) in Poems 49 (note) Mr. Mason..has touched the true chords..in some of his Choruses.1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 256 Only once or twice they [sc. the best poets] have struck the high chord.

b. figurative. Of the emotions, feelings, etc.: the mind being viewed as a musical instrument of which these are the strings.

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the mind > emotion > [noun] > chord of emotion

heartstring1602

chord1785

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 4 Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 34 I had touched somewhat rudely upon a chord which seldom ceased to vibrate.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. iii. 414 It struck alike the coarsest chords of hope and fear, and the finest chords of compassion.

3. Physiology. Applied to structures in an animal body resembling strings.

†a. A tendon; = cord n.¹ 2a. Obsolete.

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leader1708

ligamentum1713

chorda1807

vinculum1859

Tenon's capsule1868

tendo1874

the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > [noun]

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chord?1541

line1611

lingual1778

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciij^v From it [the muscle] discendeth rounde strynges and cordes that cometh nygh to the ioyntes.

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 2/2 A chorde groweth oute of a muscle, and is compounded of synnowie matter, and of pellicles.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 44 The endes of Muscles are in tendons, or as we commonly say, chordes.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 345 Sinews, Cords, and Ligaments.

b. Applied to various structures; esp. the vocal chords, spermatic chord, spinal chord, and umbilical chord (see vocal adj. and n., etc.).These are now commonly spelled cord (see cord n.¹).

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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > types of nerves > [noun]

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motivec1475

life stringc1522

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life corda1631

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cord1774

chord1783

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nerve trunk1850

mixed nerve1861

inhibitory nerve1870

nervelet1875

vaso-motor1887

pilomotor1892

lemniscus1913

1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 472 The spermatic chord.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 53 The spermatic chord was thickened.

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 352 The vessels of the umbilical chord.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 74 Shell bivalve, adhering to marine bodies..by means of a tendinous chord.

1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) vii. 203 According as the vocal chords are relaxed or tightened.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 25 Chords or tracts of cells.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 51 To protect the spinal chord.

4. Mathematics. The straight line joining the extremities of an arc.

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > chord

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chord1570

string1594

subtention1610

subtense1614

ordinate1676

inscript1695

supplemental chord1760

string-line1897

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. If the line goe crosse the circle, and passe beside the centre, then is it called a corde, or a stryngline.]

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iii. f. 80^v The knowledge of chordes and arkes.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 47^v A Chord is a right line drawne from one end of the Arch to the other end thereof.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §58. 509 Instead of the Chords the Arcs themselves..may be taken.

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xx. 146 The old wall, which was the chord of the arc.

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 155 The altar was placed..on the chord of the apse.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §25. 185.

5. Engineering. Each of the two principal members, usually horizontal, of a truss (see also quot. 1940).

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework > specific part of

chorda1877

stretcher-bar1883

redundant1953

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2638/2 Rider's [truss~bridge]..is composed of an upper and a lower chord,—the former of cast, and the latter of wrought, iron.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 160/1 Chord, a flange of a large girder.

6. In an aeroplane: a straight line passing through the lower curve of an aerofoil section at two points; (hence) the dimension of an aerofoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge (the width of the wings as distinguished from ‘span’ or lateral spread). Also attributive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > chord or part of chord

chord1918

quarter-chord1946

1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air iv. 188 When the apparatus is in flight, the ‘chord’ of the arc formed by the profile of the wings makes an angle varying from 6 to 8 degrees with the horizon.]

1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 334 Chord, the width of wings.

1920 All the World's Aircraft 123 a Specification of the Westland ‘Limousine’. Length overall, 28 ft. 6 in.; Span, 38 ft. 2 in.; Chord, 6 ft. 3 in.

1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 19/2 The ratio of the span to the chord gives the Aspect Ratio of the wing.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 448 A sketch and photographs show the method of increasing the surface by increasing the chord width along about two-thirds of the span.

1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 585 Fig. 11 Shows two Town~end Rings of identical section, chord length, and chord angle.

1968 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 12/1 This ram-wing research vehicle..consists basically of a rectangular wing of constant chord.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chordn.²

Brit.

/kɔːd/, U.S.

/kɔrd/

Forms: 1500s corde, 1500s–1700s cord, 1600s chorde, 1700s– chord.

Etymology: Originally cord , aphetic form of accord n.; the 17th cent. spelling chord arose from confusion with chord n.¹: compare the following.1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Chord is also used in musick, for the note, or string to be touched or sounded: in which sense, it is applicable to all the intervals of musick.

†1. = accord n. 3; Agreement of musical sounds; plural sounds in agreement, harmonies, strains. Obsolete.

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proportiona1450

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uthec1478

attemperance1481

consonant1483

monochordc1500

concordancea1513

concent1538

consort1587

harmoge1601

minstrelsy1605

dissonancy1626

harmoniousness1679

harmonicalness1693

concentus1769

attune1850

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 1077 With dulcet pipes of many cordes.

1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B2^v The Syrens..sound out most heauenlie melodie in such pleasing cords.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters xix. 70 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) When he heareth any Fidlers, he cannot hold but keepe time, and with a kind of mimicall gesticulation..imitate their chordes.

†2. Music.

a. A combination of two ‘according’ or harmonious notes sounded together, a concord n.¹ Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > concord or perfect chord

concord1590

chord1597

perfect chord1597

equison1609

consonance1624

consonant1694

perfect triad1878

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke ii. 71 Phi. What is a Concord? Ma. It is a mixt sound..entring with delight in the eare, and is eyther perfect or vnperfect..a vnison, a fift, an eight..be perfect cordes [1608 chordes.]

1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick i. 15 Perfect Cordes are these, a fifth, eigth, with their Compounds... Imperfect Cords are these, a third, a sixth, with their Compounds.

b. plural. The notes added to a bass to make up a harmony or ‘chord’ in the modern sense (see sense 3). Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > notes added to make chord

chord1730

1730 Short Treat. Harmony i. 6 The Unison, the Fifth, the Fourth, and the Octave of the key..require the Common Cords, that is to say, their 3^d, 5^th, and 8^th for Their Harmony or Accompanyments..The Third, and the Sixth..require the Uncommon Cords for their Harmony, that is to say, their 3^d, 6^th and 8^th.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chord is sometimes..used for accord. Thus we say the common chords to such a bass note, meaning its third, fifth, and octave.

3. Music.

a. A combination, concordant or discordant, of three or more simultaneous notes according to the rules of harmony; rarely of two notes only. common chord (also perfect chord): the combination of any note with its third (major or minor), perfect fifth, and octave. Chord is often used alone for common chord, e.g. ‘the chord of C’.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun]

modulation1721

chord1737

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > common chord

common chord1864

triad1881

1737 tr. J.-P. Rameau Treat. Music iii. 12 A Chord is the Disposition of several Sounds heard together... The perfect [Chord]..is composed of one Note placed in the Bass, and of its Third, Fifth, and Octave.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 111 Many of the bases..begin with the chord of C inverted.

1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler xii Give me the keys. I feel for the common chord again.

1868 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony 10 A chord is the simultaneous sounding of several different notes, selected according to fixed principles and rules.

c1870 A. A. Procter Legends & Lyrics: Lost Chord I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine.

1875 tr. P. Blaserna Theory of Sound vi. 102 The above chord is the most consonant that exists in music, and it is therefore called the perfect chord.

b. to break a chord: to play the notes in succession instead of simultaneously; cf. spread v. 14.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > specific style or technique

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to stay on1579

to run division1590

divide1609

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tweedle-dee1837

slide1864

Wagnerize1866

to break a chord1879

magadize1904

scoop1927

segue1958

rap1979

rhyme1979

scratch1982

1879 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music I. 87/1 Arpeggio..in pianoforte music, the breaking or spreading of a chord, upwards or downwards.

1879 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music I. 88/1 In this case the order of breaking the chord..is left to the taste of the performer.

c. attributive.

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1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 137 Often there are effects almost exclusively of sonority and resonance, willfully interjected chord-clusters, that play a decisive part.

1962 J. Wain Strike Father Dead v. 211 Inventive jazz..played on the familiar chord progressions.

1963 Radio Times 11 Apr. 30 Extemporising on a chord sequence may..be reaching its limits.

1966 Crescendo July 13/2 Quality material, a song with more than three chord changes.

4. transferred. A harmonious combination of colours.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > harmony of colours

harmoge1601

union1662

repose1695

value1706

keeping1715

melody1830

colour harmony1853

chord1856

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 52 The sacred chord of colour (blue, purple, and scarlet, with white and gold) as appointed in the Tabernacle.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. ix. xi. 322 The peculiar innovation of Turner was the perfection of the colour chord by means of scarlet.

1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. vii. 59 The larger scale of colour of the painter consists not of simple tones, but of what may be called chords of colour.

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chordv.

Etymology: < chord n.²: perhaps a survival of cord v.¹ short for accord.

rare.

intransitive. To accord musically; to form a chord (with); to harmonize.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > harmonize [verb (intransitive)]

harmonize1855

chord1866

1866 [implied in: H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 3 Who should set a whole orchestra of instruments upon playing together, without the least provision or forethought as to their chording. (at chording n.)].

a1889 Mod. colloq. It does not chord well with the other.

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v.1866

单词	chord
释义	chordn.¹ Brit. /kɔːd/, U.S. /kɔrd/ Forms: Also 1500s chorde. Etymology: A 16th cent. refashioning of cord n.¹ (corde ), after Latin chorda, Greek χορδή ; now restricted to a few special senses. This form is alone found for sense 2b, and is now always used in senses 2, 4; for the physiological senses (3) usage varies. Johnson says: When it signifies a rope or string in general, it is written cord: when its primitive signification is preserved, the h is retained. †1. A string or small rope. Now written cord n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc. stringa900 linea1000 lacec1230 cordc1305 whipcord?a1500 thumb-rope1601 thumb-band1639 chord1645 spun-yarn1685 hairline1731 tie-tie1774 rope1841 wire rope2001 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string string1154 cordc1305 loync1400 knittlea1425 chord1645 clew1660 slip1688 tie-cord1907 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xliv. 48 [They] tie a great chord about their necks. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 523 A cord that passed over the pullies. One of the assistants..pulling at the chord. 1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. vi. 25 A chord or fine wire with a weight attached. 2. a. spec. A string of a musical instrument, such as a harp. (Now only poetic; ordinarily string.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > string stringa1000 chorda1340 corda1340 sinew1605 course- a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxliii. 10 In psawtry of ten cordis til þe sall I synge. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 561 The sound..Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who moovd Thir stops and chords was seen. View more context for this quotation 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. §9. 66 The Chords of the Lyre were augmented gradually from four to forty. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. Introd. 8 He swept the sounding chords along. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 20 A nervous ring..from which proceed two cords running along the whole length of the body. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 95 Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might. figurative.1768 T. Gray Progress of Poesy (new ed.) in Poems 49 (note) Mr. Mason..has touched the true chords..in some of his Choruses.1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 256 Only once or twice they [sc. the best poets] have struck the high chord. b. figurative. Of the emotions, feelings, etc.: the mind being viewed as a musical instrument of which these are the strings. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [noun] > chord of emotion heartstring1602 chord1785 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 4 Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 34 I had touched somewhat rudely upon a chord which seldom ceased to vibrate. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. iii. 414 It struck alike the coarsest chords of hope and fear, and the finest chords of compassion. 3. Physiology. Applied to structures in an animal body resembling strings. †a. A tendon; = cord n.¹ 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] sinec725 sinewOE stringc1000 bend1398 nerfa1400 nervea1400 cordc1400 ligamentc1400 ligaturec1400 couple1535 chord?1541 lien?1541 tendon?1541 tendant1614 artery1621 leader1708 ligamentum1713 chorda1807 vinculum1859 Tenon's capsule1868 tendo1874 the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > [noun] sinew1398 nervea1400 cordc1400 chord?1541 line1611 lingual1778 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciij^v From it [the muscle] discendeth rounde strynges and cordes that cometh nygh to the ioyntes. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 2/2 A chorde groweth oute of a muscle, and is compounded of synnowie matter, and of pellicles. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 44 The endes of Muscles are in tendons, or as we commonly say, chordes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 345 Sinews, Cords, and Ligaments. b. Applied to various structures; esp. the vocal chords, spermatic chord, spinal chord, and umbilical chord (see vocal adj. and n., etc.).These are now commonly spelled cord (see cord n.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > types of nerves > [noun] sensitive?a1425 motivec1475 life stringc1522 recurrent1615 life corda1631 abducent1681 cord1774 chord1783 motor1824 afferent1828 excitor1836 nerve trunk1850 mixed nerve1861 inhibitory nerve1870 nervelet1875 vaso-motor1887 pilomotor1892 lemniscus1913 1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 472 The spermatic chord. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 53 The spermatic chord was thickened. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 352 The vessels of the umbilical chord. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 74 Shell bivalve, adhering to marine bodies..by means of a tendinous chord. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) vii. 203 According as the vocal chords are relaxed or tightened. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 25 Chords or tracts of cells. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 51 To protect the spinal chord. 4. Mathematics. The straight line joining the extremities of an arc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > chord cord1551 chord1570 string1594 subtention1610 subtense1614 ordinate1676 inscript1695 supplemental chord1760 string-line1897 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. If the line goe crosse the circle, and passe beside the centre, then is it called a corde, or a stryngline.] 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iii. f. 80^v The knowledge of chordes and arkes. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 47^v A Chord is a right line drawne from one end of the Arch to the other end thereof. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §58. 509 Instead of the Chords the Arcs themselves..may be taken. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xx. 146 The old wall, which was the chord of the arc. 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 155 The altar was placed..on the chord of the apse. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §25. 185. 5. Engineering. Each of the two principal members, usually horizontal, of a truss (see also quot. 1940). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework > specific part of chorda1877 stretcher-bar1883 redundant1953 a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2638/2 Rider's [truss~bridge]..is composed of an upper and a lower chord,—the former of cast, and the latter of wrought, iron. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 160/1 Chord, a flange of a large girder. 6. In an aeroplane: a straight line passing through the lower curve of an aerofoil section at two points; (hence) the dimension of an aerofoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge (the width of the wings as distinguished from ‘span’ or lateral spread). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > chord or part of chord chord1918 quarter-chord1946 1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air iv. 188 When the apparatus is in flight, the ‘chord’ of the arc formed by the profile of the wings makes an angle varying from 6 to 8 degrees with the horizon.] 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 334 Chord, the width of wings. 1920 All the World's Aircraft 123 a Specification of the Westland ‘Limousine’. Length overall, 28 ft. 6 in.; Span, 38 ft. 2 in.; Chord, 6 ft. 3 in. 1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 19/2 The ratio of the span to the chord gives the Aspect Ratio of the wing. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 448 A sketch and photographs show the method of increasing the surface by increasing the chord width along about two-thirds of the span. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 585 Fig. 11 Shows two Town~end Rings of identical section, chord length, and chord angle. 1968 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 12/1 This ram-wing research vehicle..consists basically of a rectangular wing of constant chord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chordn.² Brit. /kɔːd/, U.S. /kɔrd/ Forms: 1500s corde, 1500s–1700s cord, 1600s chorde, 1700s– chord. Etymology: Originally cord , aphetic form of accord n.; the 17th cent. spelling chord arose from confusion with chord n.¹: compare the following.1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Chord is also used in musick, for the note, or string to be touched or sounded: in which sense, it is applicable to all the intervals of musick. †1. = accord n. 3; Agreement of musical sounds; plural sounds in agreement, harmonies, strains. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > agreement of sounds or harmony cordc1300 accordmentc1330 concorda1340 accorda1387 consonancya1387 accordancea1400 cordinga1400 symphonyc1440 proportiona1450 chord?c1475 uthec1478 attemperance1481 consonant1483 monochordc1500 concordancea1513 concent1538 consort1587 harmoge1601 minstrelsy1605 dissonancy1626 harmoniousness1679 harmonicalness1693 concentus1769 attune1850 ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 1077 With dulcet pipes of many cordes. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B2^v The Syrens..sound out most heauenlie melodie in such pleasing cords. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters xix. 70 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) When he heareth any Fidlers, he cannot hold but keepe time, and with a kind of mimicall gesticulation..imitate their chordes. †2. Music. a. A combination of two ‘according’ or harmonious notes sounded together, a concord n.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > concord or perfect chord concord1590 chord1597 perfect chord1597 equison1609 consonance1624 consonant1694 perfect triad1878 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke ii. 71 Phi. What is a Concord? Ma. It is a mixt sound..entring with delight in the eare, and is eyther perfect or vnperfect..a vnison, a fift, an eight..be perfect cordes [1608 chordes.] 1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick i. 15 Perfect Cordes are these, a fifth, eigth, with their Compounds... Imperfect Cords are these, a third, a sixth, with their Compounds. b. plural. The notes added to a bass to make up a harmony or ‘chord’ in the modern sense (see sense 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > notes added to make chord chord1730 1730 Short Treat. Harmony i. 6 The Unison, the Fifth, the Fourth, and the Octave of the key..require the Common Cords, that is to say, their 3^d, 5^th, and 8^th for Their Harmony or Accompanyments..The Third, and the Sixth..require the Uncommon Cords for their Harmony, that is to say, their 3^d, 6^th and 8^th. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chord is sometimes..used for accord. Thus we say the common chords to such a bass note, meaning its third, fifth, and octave. 3. Music. a. A combination, concordant or discordant, of three or more simultaneous notes according to the rules of harmony; rarely of two notes only. common chord (also perfect chord): the combination of any note with its third (major or minor), perfect fifth, and octave. Chord is often used alone for common chord, e.g. ‘the chord of C’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] modulation1721 chord1737 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > common chord common chord1864 triad1881 1737 tr. J.-P. Rameau Treat. Music iii. 12 A Chord is the Disposition of several Sounds heard together... The perfect [Chord]..is composed of one Note placed in the Bass, and of its Third, Fifth, and Octave. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 111 Many of the bases..begin with the chord of C inverted. 1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler xii Give me the keys. I feel for the common chord again. 1868 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony 10 A chord is the simultaneous sounding of several different notes, selected according to fixed principles and rules. c1870 A. A. Procter Legends & Lyrics: Lost Chord I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine. 1875 tr. P. Blaserna Theory of Sound vi. 102 The above chord is the most consonant that exists in music, and it is therefore called the perfect chord. b. to break a chord: to play the notes in succession instead of simultaneously; cf. spread v. 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > specific style or technique descanta1450 to stay on1579 to run division1590 divide1609 shake1611 flourish1766 tweedle-dee1837 slide1864 Wagnerize1866 to break a chord1879 magadize1904 scoop1927 segue1958 rap1979 rhyme1979 scratch1982 1879 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music I. 87/1 Arpeggio..in pianoforte music, the breaking or spreading of a chord, upwards or downwards. 1879 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music I. 88/1 In this case the order of breaking the chord..is left to the taste of the performer. c. attributive. ΚΠ 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 137 Often there are effects almost exclusively of sonority and resonance, willfully interjected chord-clusters, that play a decisive part. 1962 J. Wain Strike Father Dead v. 211 Inventive jazz..played on the familiar chord progressions. 1963 Radio Times 11 Apr. 30 Extemporising on a chord sequence may..be reaching its limits. 1966 Crescendo July 13/2 Quality material, a song with more than three chord changes. 4. transferred. A harmonious combination of colours. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > harmony of colours harmoge1601 union1662 repose1695 value1706 keeping1715 melody1830 colour harmony1853 chord1856 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 52 The sacred chord of colour (blue, purple, and scarlet, with white and gold) as appointed in the Tabernacle. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. ix. xi. 322 The peculiar innovation of Turner was the perfection of the colour chord by means of scarlet. 1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. vii. 59 The larger scale of colour of the painter consists not of simple tones, but of what may be called chords of colour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chordv. Etymology: < chord n.²: perhaps a survival of cord v.¹ short for accord. rare. intransitive. To accord musically; to form a chord (with); to harmonize. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > harmonize [verb (intransitive)] harmonize1855 chord1866 1866 [implied in: H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 3 Who should set a whole orchestra of instruments upon playing together, without the least provision or forethought as to their chording. (at chording n.)]. a1889 Mod. colloq. It does not chord well with the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹a1340n.²?c1475v.1866
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