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See also:CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the See also:Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the See also:string of a musical See also:instrument) , a length of See also:twisted or See also:woven strands, in thickness coming between a rope and a See also:string, a smaller See also:kind of rope (q.v.) . From the use of such a See also:cord for measuring, the word is applied to a quantity of cut See also:wood, differing according to locality . The variant " chord," which, in spelling, reverts to the See also:original Latin, is used in particular senses, as, in See also:physiology, for such cord-like structures as the vocal chords; in the See also:case of the " umbilical cord," the other spelling is usually retained . In See also:mathematics a " chord " is a straight See also:line joining any two points on the same See also:curve, and, in See also:music, the word is used of several musical notes sounded simultaneously and in See also:harmony (q.v.) . In this last sense, " chord " is properly a shortened See also:form of " See also:accord," agreement, from See also:Late See also:Lat. accordare, and the spelling with h is due to a confusion . |
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