English Dictionary

chord

/kɔː(ɹ)d/

noun

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. / (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve. / (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.

He played a beautiful chord on the guitar.

意味（1）

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.

意味（2）

(geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.

The simplest method of calculating the radius of a curve in situ is to measure the versine; in railway practice this is done by extending a tape 66 ft. (1 ch.) long in a straight line or chord between two points on the periphery of a curve, and then measuring the maximum distance of the rail from the chord at the centre of the 66 ft. The radius in chains is found by dividing the versine in inches into 99. Thus if a versine measures 3 in., the radius will be 33 ch.

意味（3）

(engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.

意味（4）

(rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

意味（5）

(aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.

意味（6）

(nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.

意味（7）

(computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.

Ctrl-K is the default first key for chords, but you can create chords using any keys that you want.

意味（8）

The string of a musical instrument.

Instruments that made melodious Chime

Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who mov'd

Instruments that made melodious Chime Was heard, of Harp and Organ; and who mov'd Their Stops and Chords was seen

意味（9）

(anatomy) A cord.

意味（10）

(graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.