CHORD

The string of a musical instrument. Milton.

A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.

A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.

A cord. See Cord, n., 4.

The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. -- Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. -- Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. -- Scale of chords. See Scale.

To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.

To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.