Associations to the word «Chordal»

Wiktionary

CHORDAL, adjective. (mathematics) (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
CHORDAL, adjective. (music) Having an accompaniment of chords rather than a countermelody.
CHORDAL, adjective. (zoology) Having a notochord; chordate
CHORDAL, adjective. (graph theory) For a graph, in which all cycles of four or more vertices have a chord.

Dictionary definition

CHORDAL, adjective. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords; "chordal assonance in modern music"; "chordal rather than contrapuntal music".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats