seventh chord

noun Music.

a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.

Origin of seventh chord

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby seventh chord

seventeenth, seventeenth amendment, seventh, seventh amendment, seventh avenue, seventh chord, seventh commandment, seventh cranial nerve, seventh heaven, seventh-day, seventh-day adventist

British Dictionary definitions for seventh chord

seventh chord

noun

music a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the root See dominant seventh chord, diminished seventh chord, major seventh chord, minor seventh chord