decachord
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεκάχορδος (dekákhordos, “ten-stringed”), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + χορδή (khordḗ, “guts, string of a musical instrument”)
Noun
decachord (plural decachords)
- An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
- Anything having ten parts.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for decachord in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)