Chord

  • 21Chord — Sommaire 1 Le protocole Chord 1.1 Inconvénients 1.2 Avantages 2 Liens externes 3 Notes …

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  • 22chord — I n. combination of three or more musical notes 1) to play chords 2) a dominant; major; minor chord II n. feeling, emotion 1) to strike, touch a chord 2) a popular; responsive, sensitive, sympathetic chord (to strike a responsive chord) * * *… …

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  • 23chord — [[t]kɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] chords 1) N COUNT A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect. → See also vocal cords ...the opening chords of Stairway to Heaven . 2) PHRASE: V inflects If something strikes a… …

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  • 24chord */ — UK [kɔː(r)d] / US [kɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms chord : singular chord plural chords 1) a) music three or more musical notes played together b) a particular position of the fingers on the guitar, producing a particular sound 2) maths a… …

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  • 25chord — I [[t]kɔrd[/t]] n. 1) a feeling or emotion: Your story struck a sympathetic chord in me[/ex] 2) math. the line segment between two points on a given curve 3) civ bui a principal longitudinal member of a truss, usu. one of a pair connected by a… …

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  • 26chord — 1. n. Mus. a group of (usu. three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony. Derivatives: chordal adj. Etymology: orig. cord f. ACCORD: later confused with CHORD(2) 2. n. 1 Math. & Aeron. etc. a straight line joining the ends of an… …

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  • 27chord — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, minor ▪ C, D, etc. ▪ guitar, piano VERB + CHORD …

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  • 28chord — {{11}}chord (n.1) related notes in music, 1590s, aphetic of ACCORD (Cf. accord), influenced by L. chorda (see CORD (Cf. cord)). Spelling with an h first recorded c.1600. {{12}}chord (n.2) structure in animals resembling a string, 1540s,… …

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  • 29chord — An imaginary straight line joining the center of the leading and trailing edges of a cross section of an airfoil. The mean chord is used as a reference datum for laying out the curve of the airfoil. Also called a chord line …

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  • 30chord — noun (C) 1 a combination of two or more musical notes played at the same time 2 strike/touch a chord to do or say something that people feel is familiar or true: His writings struck a chord in the hearts of the rebellious students. 3 technical a… …

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