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Neurochordal :: Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.

Figure :: Figure (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords..

Subnuvolar :: Subnotochordal (a.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod..

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..

Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..

Triad :: Triad (n.) A chord of three notes.

Decachordon :: Decachordon (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.

Subtepid :: Subtense (a.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc..

Harpsichon :: Harpsichon (n.) A harpsichord.

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

Triad :: Triad (n.) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave..

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Vertebrata :: Vertebrata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Lep

Chordata :: Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord..

Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

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..

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

Clavichord :: Clavichord (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord..

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