See Also: monochord(medicine)
monochord(dictionary)

monochord (iou)



monochord noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French monocorde from late Latin monochordon from Greek monokhordon use as noun of monokhordos having a single string, formed as MONO- + khorde string: see CORD noun1 & adjective. In sense 3 from MONO- + CHORD noun1.]
A musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with a single string and often a movable bridge, orig. used esp. to teach the intervals of plainsong, now esp. for mathematical determination of musical intervals. LME.
Hist. A medieval musical instrument with several strings and bridges for the production of a combination of sounds. LME.
A harmonious combination of sound; fig. harmony, concord. Now rare. LME.