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• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the See also:

• STRING

string of a musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument)  , a length of See also:

• TWISTED

twisted or See also:

• WOVEN

woven strands, in thickness coming between a rope and a See also:

• STRING

string, a smaller See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of rope (q.v.) . From the use of such a See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord for measuring, the word is applied to a quantity of cut See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, differing according to locality . The variant " chord," which, in spelling, reverts to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Latin, is used in particular senses, as, in See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology, for such cord-like structures as the vocal chords; in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the " umbilical cord," the other spelling is usually retained . In See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics a " chord " is a straight See also:

• LINE

line joining any two points on the same See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve, and, in See also:

• MUSIC

music, the word is used of several musical notes sounded simultaneously and in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony (q.v.) . In this last sense, " chord " is properly a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " See also:

• ACCORD (from Fr. accorder, to agree)

accord," agreement, from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. accordare, and the spelling with h is due to a confusion .