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chord
(mass) | chord
- akord |
chord
(encz) | chord,akord n: Zdeněk Brož |
chord
(encz) | chord,tětiva n: [mat.] |
Chord
(gcide) | Chord \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
(gcide) | Chord \Chord\, v. i. (Mus.)
To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with
that.
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Chord
(gcide) | Chord \Chord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a
gut, Gr. chordh`. 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.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
chord.
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3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
a circle or curve.
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4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
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5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.
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Accidental, Common, & 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
(wn) | chord
n 1: a straight line connecting two points on a curve
2: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously
when sounded together
v 1: play chords on (a string instrument)
2: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music
or singing [syn: harmonize, harmonise, chord] |
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chord
(mass) | chord
- akord |
cephalochordate
(encz) | cephalochordate, n: |
chord
(encz) | chord,akord n: Zdeněk Brožchord,tětiva n: [mat.] |
chordal
(encz) | chordal,chordální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chordamesoderm
(encz) | chordamesoderm, n: |
chordata
(encz) | Chordata, |
chordate
(encz) | chordate,obratlovec [bio.] Miruškachordate,strunatec n: Zdeněk Brož |
chordate family
(encz) | chordate family, n: |
chordate genus
(encz) | chordate genus, n: |
chorditis
(encz) | chorditis, n: |
chordomesoderm
(encz) | chordomesoderm, n: |
chordophone
(encz) | chordophone, n: |
chords
(encz) | chords,akordy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
clavichord
(encz) | clavichord,clavichord n: Zdeněk Brož |
common chord
(encz) | common chord, n: |
harpsichord
(encz) | harpsichord,cembalo |
harpsichordist
(encz) | harpsichordist,cembalista n: Zdeněk Brož |
notochord
(encz) | notochord,chorda n: [bio.] také "struna hřbetní Jirka Daněknotochord,struna hřbetní n: [bio.] Jirka Daněk |
phylum chordata
(encz) | phylum Chordata, n: |
seventh chord
(encz) | seventh chord, n: |
spinal chord
(encz) | spinal chord,páteřní mícha n: [med.] Jirka Daněk |
strike a chord
(encz) | strike a chord, v: |
subphylum cephalochordata
(encz) | subphylum Cephalochordata, n: |
subphylum urochorda
(encz) | subphylum Urochorda, n: |
subphylum urochordata
(encz) | subphylum Urochordata, n: |
touch a chord
(encz) | touch a chord, v: |
urochord
(encz) | urochord, n: |
urochordate
(encz) | urochordate, n: |
chorda
(czen) | chorda,notochordn: [bio.] také "struna hřbetní Jirka Daněk |
chorditida
(czen) | chorditida,corditis Zdeněk Brož |
chordální
(czen) | chordální,chordaladj: Zdeněk Brož |
clavichord
(czen) | clavichord,clavichordn: Zdeněk Brož |
Accidental chords
(gcide) | Accidental \Ac`ci*den"tal\, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier
accidental.]
1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not
according to the usual course of things; casual;
fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
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2. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are
accidental to a play.
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Accidental chords (Mus.), those which contain one or more
tones foreign to their proper harmony.
Accidental colors (Opt.), colors depending on the
hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for
complementary colors. They are purely subjective
sensations of color which often result from the
contemplation of actually colored bodies.
Accidental point (Persp.), the point in which a right line,
drawn from the eye, parallel to a given right line, cuts
the perspective plane; so called to distinguish it from
the principal point, or point of view, where a line drawn
from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets
this plane.
Accidental lights (Paint.), secondary lights; effects of
light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of
the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of
trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning
bodies. --Fairholt.
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Syn: Casual; fortuitous; contingent; occasional;
adventitious.
Usage: Accidental, Incidental, Casual, Fortuitous,
Contingent. We speak of a thing as accidental when
it falls out as by chance, and not in the regular
course of things; as, an accidental meeting, an
accidental advantage, etc. We call a thing incidental
when it falls, as it were, into some regular course of
things, but is secondary, and forms no essential part
thereof; as, an incremental remark, an incidental
evil, an incidental benefit. We speak of a thing as
casual, when it falls out or happens, as it were, by
mere chance, without being prearranged or
premeditated; as, a casual remark or encounter; a
casual observer. An idea of the unimportant is
attached to what is casual. Fortuitous is applied to
what occurs without any known cause, and in opposition
to what has been foreseen; as, a fortuitous concourse
of atoms. We call a thing contingent when it is such
that, considered in itself, it may or may not happen,
but is dependent for its existence on something else;
as, the time of my coming will be contingent on
intelligence yet to be received.
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Chord of an arch
(gcide) | Chord \Chord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a
gut, Gr. chordh`. 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.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
chord.
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3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
a circle or curve.
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4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
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5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.
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Accidental, Common, & 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 of curvature
(gcide) | Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See
Curvate.]
1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved;
a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or
surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.
--Cowper.
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The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin.
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2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical
curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a
tangent drawn to the curve at that point.
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Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve
from a circular form.
Absolute curvature. See under Absolute.
Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount
of curvature of a curve.
Chord of curvature. See under Chord.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve,
under Circle.
Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the
spine, especially in a lateral direction.
Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature,
or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.
[1913 Webster]Chord \Chord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a
gut, Gr. chordh`. 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.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
chord.
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3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
a circle or curve.
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4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
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5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.
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Accidental, Common, & 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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Chorda
(gcide) | Chorda \Chor"da\, n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.)
A cord.
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Chorda dorsalis. [NL., lit., cord of the back.] (Anat.) See
Notochord.
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chorda dorsalis
(gcide) | Notochord \No"to*chord\, n. [Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord.]
(Anat.)
An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the
medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes
the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the
vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are
developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
[1913 Webster]Chorda \Chor"da\, n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.)
A cord.
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Chorda dorsalis. [NL., lit., cord of the back.] (Anat.) See
Notochord.
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Chorda dorsalis
(gcide) | Notochord \No"to*chord\, n. [Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord.]
(Anat.)
An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the
medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes
the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the
vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are
developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
[1913 Webster]Chorda \Chor"da\, n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.)
A cord.
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Chorda dorsalis. [NL., lit., cord of the back.] (Anat.) See
Notochord.
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Chorda Filum
(gcide) | Sea laces \Sea" la"ces\ (Bot.)
A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike
fronds, often many feet long.
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Chordal
(gcide) | Chordal \Chor"dal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a chord.
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chordamesoderm
(gcide) | chordamesoderm \chordamesoderm\, chordomesoderm
\chordomesoderm\n. (Embryology)
the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord.
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Chordata
(gcide) | Chordata \Chor*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zool.)
A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata
together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal
nervous cord.
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Chorded
(gcide) | Chord \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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Chordee
(gcide) | Chordee \Chor*dee"\, n. [F. cord['e], cord['e]e, p. p. of corder
to cord.] (Med.)
A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward
curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
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Chordeiles minor
(gcide) | nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
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2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
[WordNet 1.5]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
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The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
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Chordeiles Virginianus
(gcide) | Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
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(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
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Chording
(gcide) | Chord \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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chordomesoderm
(gcide) | chordamesoderm \chordamesoderm\, chordomesoderm
\chordomesoderm\n. (Embryology)
the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord.
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chordophone
(gcide) | chordophone \chordophone\ n. (Music)
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes,
lyres, and zithers.
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Chordospartium
(gcide) | Chordospartium \Chordospartium\ n.
a genus containing two species of small New Zealand trees:
weeping tree broom; endangered.
Syn: genus Chordospartium.
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chords
(gcide) | Chord \Chord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a
gut, Gr. chordh`. 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.
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2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed,
producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common
chord.
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3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of
a circle or curve.
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4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
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5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually
horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell.
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Accidental, Common, & 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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Clarichord
(gcide) | Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
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clavichord
(gcide) | Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
[1913 Webster]Clavichord \Clav"i*chord\, n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key
+ chorda string.] (Mus.)
A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the
pianoforte. See Clarichord.
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Clavichord
(gcide) | Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
[1913 Webster]Clavichord \Clav"i*chord\, n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key
+ chorda string.] (Mus.)
A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the
pianoforte. See Clarichord.
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Common chord
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.
Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.
Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.
Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.
Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.
Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.
Common crier, the crier of a town or city.
Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.
Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.
Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.
Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.
Common lawyer, one versed in common law.
Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.
Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.
Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).
Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.
Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.
Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.
Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.
Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.
Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.
Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.
Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.
Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.
Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.
Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
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Conjoint tetrachords
(gcide) | Conjoint \Con*joint"\, a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See
Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.]
United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint."
--Glover.
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Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other
immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re.
--Johnson.
Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths,
where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest
of the other; -- also written conjunct.
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Consecutive chords
(gcide) | Consecutive \Con*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. cons['e]cutif. See
Consequent.]
1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular
order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession;
with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
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2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or
logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
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The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
--Locke.
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3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain
parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony;
as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are
forbidden.
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Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind
succeeding one another without interruption.
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Decachord
(gcide) | Decachord \Dec"a*chord\, Decachordon \Dec`a*chor"don\, n. [Gr.
deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordj` a string.]
1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings,
resembling the harp.
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2. Something consisting of ten parts. --W. Watson.
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Decachordon
(gcide) | Decachord \Dec"a*chord\, Decachordon \Dec`a*chor"don\, n. [Gr.
deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordj` a string.]
1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings,
resembling the harp.
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2. Something consisting of ten parts. --W. Watson.
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Disjunct tetrachords
(gcide) | Disjunct \Dis*junct"\ (d[i^]s*j[u^][ng]kt"), a. [L. disjunctus,
p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf.
Disjoint.]
1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]
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2. (Zool.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by
a deep constriction.
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Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to
each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note
higher than the acutest note of the other.
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Dominant chord
(gcide) | Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A
of D, and so on.
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Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
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Epichordal
(gcide) | Epichordal \Ep`i*chor"dal\, a. [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.)
Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral
column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord,
as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops
around it.
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Equivocal chord
(gcide) | Equivocal \E*quiv"o*cal\, a. [L. aequivocus: aequus equal + vox,
vocis, word. See Equal, and Voice, and cf. Equivoque.]
1. (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:)
Having two significations equally applicable; capable of
double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous;
uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
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For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or
equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned
eyes. --Jeffrey.
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2. Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of
signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters;
deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
"Equivocal repentances." --Milton.
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3. Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. "How
equivocal a test." --Burke.
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Equivocal chord (Mus.), a chord which can be resolved into
several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all
minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone
or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the
diminished seventh.
Syn: Ambiguous; doubtful; uncertain; indeterminate.
Usage: Equivocal, Ambiguous. We call an expression
ambiguous when it has one general meaning, and yet
contains certain words which may be taken in two
different senses; or certain clauses which can be so
connected with other clauses as to divide the mind
between different views of part of the meaning
intended. We call an expression equivocal when, taken
as a whole, it conveys a given thought with perfect
clearness and propriety, and also another thought with
equal propriety and clearness. Such were the responses
often given by the Delphic oracle; as that to
Cr[oe]sus when consulting about a war with Persia: "If
you cross the Halys, you will destroy a great empire."
This he applied to the Persian empire, which lay
beyond that river, and, having crossed, destroyed his
own empire in the conflict. What is ambiguous is a
mere blunder of language; what is equivocal is usually
intended to deceive, though it may occur at times from
mere inadvertence. Equivocation is applied only to
cases where there is a design to deceive.
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Fundamental chord
(gcide) | Fundamental \Fun`da*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. fondamental.]
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the
foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or
law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental
truth; a fundamental axiom.
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The fundamental reasons of this war. --Shak.
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Some fundamental antithesis in nature. --Whewell.
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Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass
formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords.
Fundamental chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which
is its root.
Fundamental colors, red, green, and violet-blue. See
Primary colors, under Color.
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Harpsichord
(gcide) | Harpsichord \Harp"si*chord\ (-k[^o]rd), n. [OF. harpechorde, in
which the harpe is of German origin. See Harp, and
Chord.] (Mus.)
A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs,
like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the
fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of
hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by
the piano.
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harpsichordist
(gcide) | harpsichordist \harpsichordist\ n.
someone who plays the harpsichord.
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Heptachord
(gcide) | Heptachord \Hep"ta*chord\, n. [Gr. "epta`chordos seven-stringed;
"epta` seven + chordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven,
and Chord.]
1. (Anc. Mus.)
(a) A system of seven sounds.
(b) A lyre with seven chords.
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2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven
chords or tones. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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Hexachord
(gcide) | Hexachord \Hex"a*chord\, n. [Hexa- + Gr. ? string, chord: cf. F.
hexacorde.] (Mus.)
A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and
fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
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Irrelative chords
(gcide) | Irrelative \Ir*rel"a*tive\, a.
Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected. --
Ir*rel"a*tive*ly, adv.
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Irrelative chords (Mus.), those having no common tone.
Irrelative repetition (Biol.), the multiplication of parts
that serve for a common purpose, but have no mutual
dependence or connection. --Owen.
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Manichord
(gcide) | Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L.
monochordon, Gr. ?; -- so called because it orig. had only
one string. See Monochord.] (Mus.)
The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
[1913 Webster]Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
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manichord
(gcide) | Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L.
monochordon, Gr. ?; -- so called because it orig. had only
one string. See Monochord.] (Mus.)
The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
[1913 Webster]Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
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