chord

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

chord [chord chords] BrE [kɔːd] NAmE [kɔːrd] noun
1. (music)two or more notes played together
2. (mathematics)a straight line that joins two points on a curve
see also ↑vocal cords
Idiom: ↑touch a chord

Word Origin:
sense 1 Middle English cord ↑accord ↑chord ‘agreement, reconciliation’ ‘a musical concord or harmonious sound’ sense 2 mid 16th cent. Latin chorda ‘rope’ ↑cord

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  harmonize, harmonise