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

Notochord :: Notochord (n.) 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..

Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..

Consonant :: Consonant (a.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords..

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..

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

Chorda :: Chorda (n.) A cord.

Decachordon :: Decachordon (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp..

Za :: Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh..

Manichordon :: Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

Harpsichord :: Harpsichord (n.) 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 It is now superseded by the piano..

Urochordal :: Urochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.

Rheochord :: Rheochord (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit..

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

Harpsichon :: Harpsichon (n.) A harpsichord.

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

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

Parachordal :: Parachordal (n.) A parachordal cartilage.

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