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chordlike

chordlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).

Adjective

chordlike (comparative more chordlike, superlative most chordlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (musical notes played simultaneously).
    • If you never hear the chordlike tone: • Check that your Mac is plugged in securely at both ends and that the outlet or power strip is also on...1992, Arthur Naiman, The Macintosh bible

Forms of chordlike

comparativemore chordlike
superlativemost chordlike

Origin of chordlike

From chord + -like.

Questions about chordlike

What does chordlike mean?
Chordlike means resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
What part of speech is chordlike?
Chordlike is an adjective.

Words near chordlike in the dictionary

  1. chording
  2. chordings
  3. chorditis
  4. chordless
  5. chordlessness
  6. chordlike
  7. chordoblast
  8. chordoblasts
  9. chordodid
  10. chordoepithelioma
  11. chordoid

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