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Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A lyre with seven chords.

Neurochord :: Neurochord (a.) Alt. of Neurochorda.

Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Segment :: Segment (n.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration..

Urocord :: Urocord (n.) See Urochord.

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string..

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A system of seven sounds.

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.

Diameter :: Diameter (n.) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve..

Clavecin :: Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord..

Chord :: Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Poly- :: Poly- (a.) A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic..

Subtense :: Subtend (v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc..

Diphycercal :: Diphycercal (a.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal..

Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..

Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.

Pentachord :: Pentachord (n.) An order or system of five sounds.

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