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chord
In music, the term evokes a sense of harmony, tension, or resolution. It is the building block of tonal progression, creating a specific emotional atmosphere that a single note cannot achieve. The feeling is one of fullness and vertical alignment in sound. In geometry, the term is purely structural and clinical, describing a spatial relationship within a curve. It lacks the emotional weight of the musical sense, functioning instead as a precise tool for measurement and calculation in Euclidean space.
Countable when referring to a specific set of notes in a song or a specific line segment in a geometric figure.
Meanings
A group of three or more musical notes played simultaneously.
"He played a C-major chord on the piano."
A straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc.
"The mathematician measured the length of the chord across the circle."
To provide a musical instrument with strings.
"The luthier spent hours chording the vintage guitar."