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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chord1

▶noun a group of notes (usually three or more) sounded together in harmony. ▶verb (usu. as noun chording) play, sing, or arrange notes in chords.

– derivatives
chordal adjective.

– origin ME cord, from accord; the spelling changed due to confusion with chord2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chord2

▶noun

1 a straight line joining the ends of an arc.

2 Aeronautics the width of an aerofoil from leading to trailing edge.

3 Engineering each of the two principal members of a truss.

4 Anatomy variant spelling of cord.

5 literary a string on a harp or other instrument.

– phrases
strike (or touch) a chord affect or stir someone's emotions.

– origin C16: a later spelling (influenced by L. chorda ‘rope’) of cord.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cord/kɔːd/

▶noun

1 thin string or rope made from several twisted strands.
■ a length of cord.

2 (also chord) an anatomical structure resembling a cord (e.g. the spinal cord).

3 an electric flex.

4 corduroy.
■ (cords) corduroy trousers.

5 a measure of cut wood (usually 128 cu. ft, 3.62 cubic metres).

▶verb (usu. as adj. corded) attach a cord to.

– derivatives
cording noun,
cord-like adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. corde, from L. chorda, from Gk khordē ‘gut, string of a musical instrument’.

'chord' also found in these Oxford entries:

angle of attack - anticipation - arpeggiate - arpeggio - aspect ratio - barré - broken chord - chordate - close harmony - common chord - concord - consonant - cord - discord - fourth - fundamental note - harmonic - harmonic progression - imperfect - inversion - invert - ninth - note cluster - notochord - perfect cadence - plagal cadence - preparation - progression - radical - root - second - segment - seventh - sixth - subtend - suspension - tenth - third - triad - twelfth

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