chord
/kɔɹd/ sustantivo B2En español: acorde, cuerda, subtensa
- A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- A line segment between two points of a curve.
- A horizontal member of a truss.
- A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
- A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
- The string of a musical instrument.
Plural chords
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“Yes, monsieur; I am on the point of marrying a young girl I have been attached to for three years.” Villefort, impassive as he was, was struck with this coincidence; and the tremulous voice of Dantès, surprised in the midst of his happiness, struck a sympathetic chord in his own bosom—he also was on the point of being married, and he was summoned from his own happiness to destroy that of another.
Sometimes the chords were sonorous and melancholy.
With his instinctive delicacy Edmond had preferred avoiding any touch on this painful chord, and Faria had been equally silent.
monsieur, you have touched upon a tender chord.”
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