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chordal

[kawr-dl]
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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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Nearby words

  1. chord organ,
  2. chord symbol,
  3. chord-,
  4. chorda,
  5. chorda tendinea,
  6. chordamesoderm,
  7. chordata,
  8. chordate,
  9. chordates,
  10. chordee

Origin of chordal

First recorded in 1610–20; chord2 + -al1
Related formspre·chord·al, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for chordal

  • In Elasmobranchii the chordal sheath is weak and the skeletogenous layer strong.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

  • The notochord remains permanently unconstricted and is enclosed in a chordal sheath, external to which is the skeletogenous layer.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

  • Of the divine spheral music, the one is the chordal harmony, the other the consecutive harmony or melody.

    Evolution|Joseph Le Conte

  • In Amphioxus the notochord is immediately surrounded by a structureless cuticular layer, the chordal sheath.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
Medicine definitions for chordal

chordal

[kôr′dl]

adj.

Of or relating to a chorda or cord.
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