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chord , in geometry, straight line segment both end points of which lie on the circumference of a circle or other curve; it is a segment of a secant . A chord passing through the center of a circle is a diameter. In the same circle or in equal circles, equal chords subtend equal arcs and equal central angles.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Â© A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

chord.
1. Straight line joining two points on an arc.

2. Span of an arch.

3. Diameter of an apse or a semicircular arch.

4. Principal member of a truss, usually one of a pair extending along the top and bottom.

5. Lower straight part of a Belfast or bowstring truss.

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chord 2 †tendon; line joining extremities of an arc XVI; string of musical instrument. refash. of CORD, after L. chorda.

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