{ } n. [ Gr. deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordh` a string. ] 1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Something consisting of ten parts. W. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. "epta`chordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + chordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord. ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hexa- + Gr. &unr_; string, chord: cf. F. hexacorde. ] (Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; with eight strings; 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + &unr_; string, chord: cf. F. octacorde. ] (Mus.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [ Also written octochord. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. para- + chordal. ] (Anat.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n. A parachordal cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pentachordus five-stringed, Gr. penta`chordos; penta- five + chordh` string. ] 1. An ancient instrument of music with five strings. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An order or system of five sounds. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. tetrachordon, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; four-stringed; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_; a chord: cf. F. tétrachorde. ] (Anc. Mus.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable. [ 1913 Webster ]
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