Chord



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.和弦, 和音

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: alteration of Middle English cord, short for accord
• Date: 1608
• three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. accord
  • 2. to play chords especially on a stringed instrument
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make chords on
  • 2. harmonize

III. noun

• Etymology: alteration of 1 cord
• Date: 1543
• 1. cord 3a
• 2. a straight line segment joining and included between two points on a circle; broadly a straight line joining two points on a curve
• 3. an individual emotion or disposition struck a responsive chord
• 4. either of the two outside members of a truss connected and braced by the web members
• 5. the straight line distance joining the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil

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