Chord (music)
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| - | '''Chord''' may refer to: | + | |
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| - | * [[Chord (music)]], an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously | + | |
| - | ** [[Guitar chord|Chord (guitar)]] a chord played on a guitar, which has a particular tuning | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (geometry)]], a line segment joining two points on a curve | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (astronomy)]], a line crossing a foreground astronomical object during an occultation which gives an indication of the objects size and/or shape | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (graph theory)]], an edge joining two not-adjacent nodes in a cycle | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (truss construction)]], an outside member of a [[truss]], as opposed to the inner "webbed members" | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (aircraft)]], the distance between the front and back of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. The term chord was selected due to the curved nature of the wing's surface. | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (peer-to-peer)]], a peer-to-peer protocol and algorithm for distributed hash tables (DHT) | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (concurrency)]], a concurrency construct in some object-oriented programming languages | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (comics)]], a comic book character who is the former mentor of the New Warriors | + | |
| - | * [[Chord (software)]], free software useful for creating staffless lead sheets | + | |
| - | * [[Chord Overstreet]], American actor and musician | + | |
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| - | '''Chord''' may also refer to: | + | |
| - | * [[Mouse chording]] or a [[chorded keyboard]], where multiple buttons are held down simultaneously to produce a specific action | + | |
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| - | '''The Chords''' may refer to: | + | |
| - | * [[The Chords]], 1970s British mod revival band | + | |
| - | * [[The Chords (U.S.)]], 1950s American doo wop group | + | |
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| - | '''Chords''' may refer to: | + | |
| - | * [[Chords (artist)]], a Swedish hiphop/reggae artist | + | |
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| - | * Animal taxonomy [[chordate]] (chordata) and eponymous [[notochord]] | + | |
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In music, a combination of any three or more notes sounded simultaneously.
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