Chord may refer to: * Chord (music), an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously **

Guitar chord In music, a guitar chord is a set of notes played on a guitar. A chord's notes are often played simultaneously, but they can be played sequentially in an arpeggio. The implementation of guitar chords depends on the guitar tuning. Most guitars ...

a chord played on a guitar, which has a particular tuning * Chord (geometry), a line segment joining two points on a curve *

Chord (astronomy) In the field of astronomy the term chord typically refers to a line crossing an object which is formed during an occultation event. By taking accurate measurements of the start and end times of the event, in conjunction with the known location of t ...

, a line crossing a foreground astronomical object during an occultation which gives an indication of the object's size and/or shape *

Chord (graph theory) In the mathematical area of graph theory, a chordal graph is one in which all cycles of four or more vertices have a ''chord'', which is an edge that is not part of the cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle. Equivalently, every induced cy ...

, an edge joining two nonadjacent nodes in a cycle * Chord in

truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...

construction – an outside member of a truss, as opposed to the inner "webbed members" *

Chord (aeronautics) In aeronautics, the chord is an imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil. The chord length is the distance between the trailing edge and the point where the chord intersects the leading edge. L. J. Cla ...

, 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 (peer-to-peer) In computing, Chord is a protocol and algorithm for a peer-to-peer distributed hash table. A distributed hash table stores key-value pairs by assigning keys to different computers (known as "nodes"); a node will store the values for all the keys ...

, a peer-to-peer protocol and algorithm for distributed hash tables (DHT) * Chord (concurrency), a concurrency construct in some object-oriented programming languages * In British railway terminology, a chord can refer to a short curve of track connecting two otherwise unconnected railway lines. *

Andrew Chord Andrew Chord is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is African American. His first appearance was in '' Thor'' #411. Chord was the mentor of Night Thrasher and the New Warriors. He is also the f ...

, a comic book character who is the former mentor of the New Warriors * Chord Overstreet, American actor and musician *

Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

(CHORD), a proposed successor to the CHIME radio telescope * ''The Chord'' (painting), a c.1715 painting by Antoine Watteau Chord may also refer to: *

Mouse chording Mouse chording is the capability of performing actions when multiple mouse buttons are held down, much like a chorded keyboard and similar to mouse gestures. One common application of mouse chording, called ''rocker navigation'', is found in Ope ...

or a

chorded keyboard A keyset or chorded keyboard (also called a chorded keyset, ''chord keyboard'' or ''chording keyboard'') is a computer input device that allows the user to enter characters or commands formed by pressing several keys together, like playing a " c ...

, where multiple buttons are held down simultaneously to produce a specific action The Chords may refer to: *

The Chords (British band) The Chords are a 1970s British pop music group, commonly associated with the 1970s mod revival, who had several hits in their homeland, before the decline of the trend brought about their break-up. They were one of the more successful groups t ...

, 1970s British mod revival band *

The Chords (American band) The Chords were an American doo-wop vocal group formed in 1951 in The Bronx, New York, known for their 1954 hit " Sh-Boom", which they wrote. It was the only song they had created that had reached mainstream popularity. Career The group was form ...

, 1950s American doo-wop group Chords may refer to: *

Chords (musician) Chords (or Jens Eric Resch Thomason; born 12 August 1978 in Lund) is a Swedish musician. He has his own studio and label called Svart Lax but was previously signed to Timbuktu's label JuJu Records, together with J-Ro of The Alkaholiks among oth ...

, a Swedish hiphop/reggae artist

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