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pentachord

pentachord noun: five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.

Noun

pentachord (plural pentachords)

  1. Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
  2. A musical instrument with five strings.

pentachord meaning in Tamil

pentachord in Tamil

முல்லையாழ், ஐந்து நரம்புகளுள்ள இசைக்கருவி, முல்லைப்பண்

Forms of pentachord

pluralpentachords

Origin of pentachord

From penta- + chord.

Questions about pentachord

What does pentachord mean?
Pentachord means five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
What is pentachord in Tamil?
Pentachord in Tamil is முல்லையாழ், ஐந்து நரம்புகளுள்ள இசைக்கருவி, முல்லைப்பண். See Pentachord meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pentachord?
Pentachord is a noun.
What is the plural of pentachord?
The plural of pentachord is pentachords.

Words near pentachord in the dictionary

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  3. pentachlorophenol
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  5. pentachora
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  8. pentachoron
  9. pentachorons
  10. pentachotomies
  11. pentachotomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pentachord (page history and authors); pentachord (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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