Equivocal chord
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(Mus.)

a chord which can be resolved into several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh.

See also: Equivocal

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Equivocal chord (redirected from Diminished chord)

Equivocal chord
(redirected from Diminished chord)