хорда

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Bulgarian

Хорда вписана в окръжност

Etymology

Scientific term, ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, string, tendon). Doublet of ко́рда (kórda, cord, musical chord), borrowed via Latin. Further akin to Bulgarian хе́рния (hérnija, hernia) of Latin origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

хо́рда (hórdaf (relational adjective хо́рдов)

  1. (geometry) chord (line segment joining two points on a curve)

Declension

See also

References

  • хорда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хорда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

хо́рда (xórdaf inan (genitive хо́рды, nominative plural хо́рды, genitive plural хорд)

  1. (geometry) chord, span (of arc, a line segment joining two points on a curve)
  2. (biology) spinal column, notochord (primary skeletal axis of vertebrates and man)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

хорда f (Latin spelling horda)

  1. horde