Talk:cord

Request for verification
Rfv-senses:
 * 1) A musical tone; an audible musical note composed of one or more sounds.
 * 2) A cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

Is this an alternative spelling of chord for these? DCDuring TALK 03:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Re aircraft wing cross section, I haven't had time to look thoughougly, but it is a very common spelling, including in books. Will follow up later.--Dmol 08:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Even though it seems to occur, it seems like a misspelling rather than an alternative. AFAICT, it isn't nearly as common as the "chord" spelling in either context (<5%). DCDuring TALK 10:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

After consulting with Dmol: —Ruakh TALK 15:53, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * RFV failed music sense.
 * Kept aircraft sense as common misspelling for now, but feel free either to re-RFV it (since no one provided citations) or to RFD it (if you do not believe it common enough).

Request for verification 2
Rfv-sense: The string of a musical instrument. I do not see this sense in dictionaries. First appeared in. --Dan Polansky 17:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It's really chord: which has this sense. See oxforddictionaries.com.
 * The etymology is complicated. Both words ultimately originate from Greek, where the meaning is actually "string of gut, string of a lyre", but as pointed out in chord (music), chord: also continues Middle English, which is a shortening of accord:, an unrelated term. --Florian Blaschke 19:50, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 02:08, 21 August 2011 (UTC)