chord
-1 n. யாழ்நரம்பு, வீணைக்கத்தி, (உட.) திண்ணிய நரம்பு நாளம், நாடி, (வடி.) வில்வளைவின் நாண்வரை.-2 n. நிறஇயைபு, (இசை.) ஒத்திருக்கும் சுர இயைபு.
Chord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton. 2. (Mus.) Defn: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) Defn: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) Defn: A cord. See Cord, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) Defn: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. -- Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. -- Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. -- Scale of chords. See Scale. Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] Defn: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher. Chord, v. i. (Mus.) Defn: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that. Chord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton. 2. (Mus.) Defn: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) Defn: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) Defn: A cord. See Cord, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) Defn: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. -- Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. -- Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. -- Scale of chords. See Scale. Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] Defn: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher. Chord, v. i. (Mus.) Defn: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.