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   Chord , n. [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.]
   The string of a musical instrument.
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   (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
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   (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
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   (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
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   (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
   Waddell.
   
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   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.
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   Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
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   When Jubal struck the chorded shell.
   Dryden.
   
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   Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.
   Beecher.
   
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   Chord, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
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