chorded

English

Verb

chorded

1. simple past and past participle of chord

Adjective

chorded (not comparable)

1. (computing, of a computer keyboard) Through which input is supplied by pressing a relatively small number of keys in combinations, as though playing chords.
2. (graph theory) Containing a chord.

   a chorded cycle

3. Having a coiled or twisted structure, involving a helical pattern.

   a chorded coil

   • 1959, Vladimir Nikolaevich Uzhov, Sanitary Protection of Atmospheric Air, page 39:

     Figure 20 represents a chorded packed scrubber.

   • 1964, United States. Department of the Army, Electric Motor and Generator Repair, page 133:

     The advantages of a chorded, split-loop winding are better mechanical balance, more uniform coil resistance, and better coil distribution, resulting in more end room on the armature.

4. (music) Composed of or containing chords.
   • 2009, Ed Petkus, Someone Out There Is Listening, page 240:

     Afterwards, I would play jazz tunes in a chorded-melody style; the first time through one of us would play the melody and the other the chords, and then we'd switch.

   • 2011, Dan Levenson, Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch, page 42:

     This chording technique works well for learning any tune, but this is the only tune of the set that I will write out completely as a chorded version for you.

5. Having cord-like supporting structures.
   • 2012, “University of Glasgow: Effects of flow vortex on a chorded mitral valve in the left ventricle”, in Advances in Bioengineering Research and Application, page 687:

     An Immersed Boundary fluid-structure interaction model is developed to investigate the dynamic behaviour of a prosthetic chorded mitral valve (MV) inside the left ventricle (LV).

Derived terms

• unchorded

 

Anagrams

• chodder