chordal
/ˈkɔː.dəl/US/ˈkɔɹ.dəl/
chordal adjective: of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
Adjective
chordal (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
- They play very well together, with Vogl providing the melodic and chordal framework and Shanbaum riffing over it.1985 December 21, Nan Donald, “Flat-picking up a Storm”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 11
- Having an accompaniment of chords rather than a countermelody.
- Having a notochord; chordate
- For a graph, in which all cycles of four or more vertices have a chord.
Origin of chordal
From chord + -al.
Words formed from chordal
- achordal
- chordal graph
- chordality
- chordally
- chordal space
- chordal style
- chordal theorem
- chordal thickness
- epichordal
- hypochordal
- nonchordal
- parachordal
- perichordal
- prechordal
- prochordal
Questions about chordal
- What does chordal mean?
- Chordal means of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
- What part of speech is chordal?
- Chordal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chordal?
- Chordal is pronounced /ˈkɔː.dəl/ (UK).
Words near chordal in the dictionary
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