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Cord

/kɔːd/

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

📖 Definitions of "Cord"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A straight line between two points of a curve.

  3. 3

    A horizontal member of a truss.

  4. 4

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

noun
  1. 1

    A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.

    "He looped some cord around his fingers."

  2. 2

    A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

  3. 3

    A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.

  4. 4

    Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.

verb
  1. 1

    To furnish with cords

  2. 2

    To tie or fasten with cords

  3. 3

    To flatten a book during binding

  4. 4

    To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

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