seventh chord

nounMusic.

a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.

Origin of seventh chord

First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use seventh chord in a sentence

A note may now be repeated in the lowest part when it becomes the seventh of a dominant seventh-chord.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. Lehmann

British Dictionary definitions for seventh chord

seventh chord

noun

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

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