(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.
Note
Definition:
(v. t.) To butt; to push with the horns.
() Know not; knows not.
(n.) Nut.
(n.) Need; needful business.
(n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
(n.) A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
(n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
(n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
(n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
(n.) A short informal letter; a billet.
(n.) A diplomatic missive or written communication.
(n.) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
(n.) A list of items or of charges; an account.
(n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
(n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(n.) A key of the piano or organ.
(n.) Observation; notice; heed.
(n.) Notification; information; intelligence.
(n.) State of being under observation.
(n.) Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
(n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.
(n.) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
(n.) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
(n.) To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
(n.) To denote; to designate.
(n.) To annotate.
(n.) To set down in musical characters.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(2) Clonal abnormalities involving chromosomes 3 and 21 were noted in two patients.
(3) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(4) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
(5) The Independent noted that one of the female protagonists yelled "You c***!"
(6) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(7) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
(8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(9) When the posterior capsule was sectioned, no significant changes were noted in the severity of the sag or the rotation.
(10) No differences in cardiac output were noted in surviving animals.
(11) They also note surveys that show British voters becoming more Eurosceptic, not less.
(12) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
(13) It should be noted that about a half of the plasmids (11 out of 21) belonged to the incompatibility group P-7 which up to the present time was conditional, since was represented by a single plasmid Rms 148.
(14) Mild, significant improvement was noted in one of the hearing components, "attenuation," and an adverse effect was shown on "distortion," owing to noise.
(15) On HRCT, sequential changes from early edema to development of emphysema were noted.
(16) Valve-related complications were noted in four patients.
(17) Type I and Type II mast-cell degranulation was noted but was not universal.
(18) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(19) It can also solve a lot of problems – period.” However, Trump did not support making the officer-worn video cameras mandatory across the country, as the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has done , noting “different police departments feel different ways”.
(20) It has been noted before that Campbell is rather an effective operator.