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'''Chord''' or '''chords''' may refer to:
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== Art and music ==
* ], an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously
** ], a chord played on a guitar, which has a particular tuning
* ], 1970s British mod revival band
* ], 1950s American doo-wop group
* ], a c.1715 painting by Antoine Watteau
* ], a comic book character who is the former mentor of the New Warriors


== Mathematics ==
'''Chord''' may mean:

* ], an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously
* ], a line segment joining two points on a curve * ], a line segment joining two points on a curve
* ], an edge joining two not-adjacent nodes in a cycle * ], an edge joining two nonadjacent nodes in a cycle
* ], an outside member of a truss, as opposed to the inner "webbed members"
* ], the distance between the front and back of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. The term chord was selected due to the curved nature of the wing's surface.
* ], a distributed hash table protocol
* ], a concurrency construct in some object-oriented programming languages
* ]. Comic book character. Former mentor of the ].
* ], the member that is perpendicular to the ] that is used to resist ] of the ]
* ], ] useful for creating stafless lead sheets

'''Chord''' may also refer to:

* ] or a ], where multiple buttons are held down simultaneously to produce a specific action

'''Chords''' may refer to:

* ], 1970s British ] band
* ], 1950s American ] group


== People ==
* ], American actor and musician
* ], a Swedish hiphop/reggae artist


== Programming ==
* ], a concurrency construct in some object-oriented programming languages
* ], a peer-to-peer protocol and algorithm for distributed hash tables (DHT)


== Science and technology ==
* ], a line crossing a foreground astronomical object during an occultation which gives an indication of the object's size and/or shape
* ] (CHORD), a proposed successor to the ]<!--https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01777, 1911.02108, 1910.02889 Seems article-worthy as success of CHIME makes funding likelier; will use ideas from ]-->
* ], the distance between the front and back of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. The term chord was selected due to the curved nature of the wing's surface
* Chord in ] construction – an outside member of a truss, as opposed to the inner "webbed members"
* In British railway terminology, a ] can refer to a short curve of track connecting two otherwise unconnected railway lines.
*], the capability to perform an action when holding multiple buttons on a computer mouse.
*], a computer device allowing for input based on pressing multiple keys simultaneously


== See also ==
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* Animal taxonomy ] (chordata) and eponymous ]
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 27 May 2024

Chord or chords may refer to:

Art and music

Mathematics

People

Programming

Science and technology

  • Chord (astronomy), a line crossing a foreground astronomical object during an occultation which gives an indication of the object's size and/or shape
  • Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD), a proposed successor to the CHIME radio telescope
  • Chord (aeronautics), the distance between the front and back of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow. The term chord was selected due to the curved nature of the wing's surface
  • Chord in truss construction – an outside member of a truss, as opposed to the inner "webbed members"
  • In British railway terminology, a chord can refer to a short curve of track connecting two otherwise unconnected railway lines.
  • Mouse chording, the capability to perform an action when holding multiple buttons on a computer mouse.
  • Chord keyboard, a computer device allowing for input based on pressing multiple keys simultaneously

See also

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