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chordal [kawr-dl] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a chord.
- of or relating to music that is marked principally by vertical harmonic movement rather than by linear polyphony.
Origin of chordal First recorded in 1610–20; chord2 + -al1 Related formspre·chord·al, adjective Examples from the Web for chordal Historical Examples of chordal
In Elasmobranchii the chordal sheath is weak and the skeletogenous layer strong.
Sidney H. Reynolds
In Amphioxus the notochord is immediately surrounded by a structureless cuticular layer, the chordal sheath.
Sidney H. Reynolds
The notochord remains permanently unconstricted and is enclosed in a chordal sheath, external to which is the skeletogenous layer.
Sidney H. Reynolds
Of the divine spheral music, the one is the chordal harmony, the other the consecutive harmony or melody.
Joseph Le Conte
chordal in Medicine chordal [kôr′dl] adj.
- Of or relating to a chorda or cord.