(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:32:42

Oc"ta*chord (?), n. [Gr. with eight strings; (for eight) + string, chord: cf.F. octacorde.] Mus.

An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

[Also written octochord.]

 

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