chorded; chording; chords
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2
: a straight line segment joining and included between two points on a circle
broadly
: a straight line joining two points on a curve
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: an individual emotion or disposition
struck a responsive chord
4
: either of the two outside members of a truss connected and braced by the web members
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: the straight line distance joining the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil
Examples of chord in a Sentence
Verb
the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals
Noun (2)
the story of the family's woes struck a sympathetic chord with newspaper readers
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The clip struck a chord far beyond their friend group.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 11 July 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Animal cruelty may strike a particular chord, but the casually brutal Russian FPV targeting of birds is nothing compared to the ‘human safari’ in Kherson where drones hunt down civilians.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The clip struck a chord far beyond their friend group.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
With the brand new Mike McCready Stratocaster, the artist now has a guitar designed to his specifics, including a custom pickup set to sound like his 1960 Stratocaster, a six-point tremolo, and a fingerboard radius that has enough arc for chording and easier note bending.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
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“Chord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chord. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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chord
1 of 3 noun
: a group of three or more tones sounded together to form harmony
chordal
adjective
-əl
chord
2 of 3 verb
: to play chords
chord
3 of 3 noun
: a straight line between two points on a curve
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