chord | (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together | - |
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(noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve | - |
(verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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harpsichord | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: cembalo |
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notochord | (noun) a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates | - |
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urochord | (noun) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region | - |
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(noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochordate |