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Definition of: octachord
(ok′tə·kôrd) noun
1. A musical instrument with eight strings.
2. A diatonic scale of eight tones. [<LL octochordos <Gk. oktachordos <okta- eight + chordē a string]
—oc′ta·chor′dal adjective
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