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chordal
[ kawr-dl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
- of or relating to music that is marked principally by vertical harmonic movement rather than by linear polyphony.
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- pre·chordal adjective
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Example Sentences
In Elasmobranchii the chordal sheath is weak and the skeletogenous layer strong.
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In Amphioxus the notochord is immediately surrounded by a structureless cuticular layer, the chordal sheath.
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The notochord remains permanently unconstricted and is enclosed in a chordal sheath, external to which is the skeletogenous layer.
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Now, in music there are two kinds of harmony, simultaneous and consecutive—chordal harmony and melody.
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Of the divine spheral music, the one is the chordal harmony, the other the consecutive harmony or melody.
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