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What is the noun for chords?

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chord
  1. (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
  2. (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
  3. (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
  4. (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
  5. (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
  6. The string of a musical instrument.
  7. (anatomy) A cord.
  8. (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The speech struck a chord with the audience, evoking strong emotions and prompting a standing ovation.”
      “The musician played a beautiful chord progression on the piano, filling the room with a rich harmony.”
chording
  1. An arrangement of musical chords.
  2. (computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
chordate
  1. A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine
chordality
  1. The property of being chordal.
chordates
  1. plural of chordate
  2. Examples:
    1. “Janvier agrees that gills, and perhaps the external branchial skeleton, are primitive to the chordates.”
      “In those chordates which lack bone, muscles work against the notochord to move the animal.”
      “Arthropods, chordates and annelids are the three segmented phyla in the animal kingdom.”
chordings
  1. plural of chording
chords
  1. plural of chord
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He's a nimble, accomplished soloist and a sensitive accompanist, capable of pastel washes, shimmering folky chords or juicy bop lines.”
      “The mystic overtones of a suffering, bearded and often bare-chested man waving wanly to onlookers gazing up at him have also struck chords.”
      “Some composers frequently add bracketed accidentals in order to clarify complicated passages or chords.”
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