seventh chord

noun Music.

a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.

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Origin of seventh chord

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby seventh chord

seventeenth, seventeenth amendment, seventh, seventh amendment, seventh avenue, seventh chord, seventh commandment, seventh cranial nerve, seventh heaven, seventh-day, seventh-day adventist
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British Dictionary definitions for seventh chord

seventh chord

noun

music a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the rootSee dominant seventh chord, diminished seventh chord, major seventh chord, minor seventh chord
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