(n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
(n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
(n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
(n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
(v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
(2) I'm sure Evan wouldn't mind me saying that he makes no secret of an occasional discomfort about conventional chord-change playing in jazz, and tends to sit out occasions where it's required, as he did last year in London on a gig in which the pianist Django Bates was reworking Charlie Parker tunes.
(3) He’s struck a few chords with the immigration stuff, and he’s managed to capture the most valuable asset in a campaign, which is the attention of the press.
(4) The mean value of outer villous perimeter, mean chord length and per cent area were respectively 46.9 mu (X 1000 mu 2) with a standard deviation of 4.6, 57.7 mu (standard deviation 9.3) and 66.1% (standard deviation 7.4).
(5) This is shown by serial reconstruction analysis of the largest diameter of synapses from maximal arc and chord length measurements at the subpial and supra Purkinje level.
(6) Nevertheless, Dickens's preoccupation with class in Great Expectations strikes a chord with Coltrane, who gives a good idea of what it means to him when he recalls coming across a few Bullingdon Club types outside a restaurant in Soho one night.
(7) From the intersection points, epicardial and endocardial circumferential chord and arc lengths were measured and angular twist of mid and apical levels with respect to the base (maximal torsion and its reversal, untwisting) was calculated.
(8) Although such allegations have been made before in numerous news outlets, and in a controversial one-man show by playwright Mike Daisey, this time they have struck a chord.
(9) Zonal Vct and percent shortening along the proximal, middle and distal chords were measured.
(10) Clinical appearance of mitral incompetence associated with mitral dysplasia (abnormal connective tissue structure in the cusps and chordae, with significant accumulation of acid mucopolysaccharides) is dependent on the extent of regurgitation, its pathogenetic mechanism (sudden or progressive), the presence of the prolapsing cusp syndrome, and attendant complications (endocarditis, chord abruption).
(11) In the larynx, changes in the area of the vocal chord and the cartilaginous laryngeal structures were investigated in particular.
(12) Bridget's combination of self-loathing, enthusiasm and hope against the odds struck a chord.
(13) In his recent autobiography, Wild Tales , Graham Nash – of the Hollies and Crosby Stills & Nash – recalled the effect the song had on him when he heard it at a school dance in Salford: "It was like the opening of a giant door in my soul, the striking of a chord... from which I've never recovered … From the time when I first heard the Everly Brothers, I knew I wanted to make music that affected people the way the Everlys affected me."
(14) The poem touches a chord, because it doesn't deal with the often incoherent motivations of those who smashed up Tottenham and elsewhere, but the feelings of the rest of us: shocked, unsettled and confused.
(15) It appears simple perhaps in its chording but generally, to actually play what we play and how we play it, it’s not simple.
(16) During some maneuver, at least one akinetic chord occurred in 57% of patients and out-of-phase chords in 33% of patients.
(17) While it is true that a descending chromatic four-chord progression is a common convention that abounds in the music industry, the similarities here transcend this core structure,” Klausner wrote.
(18) The voltage dependence of the K+ chord conductance (gK) also shifted positive along the voltage axis, and the maximum conductance increased, with elevation of [K+]out.
(19) The chord conductance of the channel decreased with membrane depolarization from 14.6 pS at -104 mV to only 9.9 pS at -54 mV.
(20) Specifically, chords 5.9 times longer on average (range = 5.4-6.2) were required on the proximal forearm than on the index finger pad.
Homophony
Definition:
(n.) Sameness of sound.
(n.) Sameness of sound; unison.
(n.) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.
Example Sentences:
(1) The difference between word and nonword processing was shown by manipulations of the visual similarity and the homophony between stimuli presented successively.
(2) Visual similarity affected both words and nonwords, whereas homophony affected words only.