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Definitions for Monochord
[1] an acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.
[2] an instrument employed in acoustic analysis or investigation, consisting usually of one string stretched over a resonator of wood Also called: sonometer (səˈnɒmɪtə )
Words nearby Monochord
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Origin of Monochord
1375–1425; late Middle English monocorde < Medieval Latin monochordum < Greek monóchordon, noun use of neuter of monóchordos with one string. See mono-, chord1
Word origin for Monochord
C15: from Old French, from Late Latin, from Greek monokhordon, from mono- + khordē string