Chime Explained

Chimes are a percussion instrument struck with hammers.

Chime or chimes may also refer to:

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Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, a radio telescope
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the professional organization for chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders
Zunich–Kaye syndrome, also known as CHIME syndrome, a rare combination of congenital birth defects

Chime (bell instrument), an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard
Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours
Bar chimes (also known as "mark tree"), a series of many small chimes of decreasing length, arranged horizontally
Chime bars, individual instruments similar to glockenspiel bars but with resonators
Macintosh startup chime, the sound a Macintosh computer makes on startup
Warning chime, a sound used in machinery or computers to alert users of a dangerous condition, error, completion of a process, etc.
Wind chime or Aeolian chime, suspended bells sounded when blown together by the wind
Handchimes, an instrument that is rung by hand, similar to handbells.

Chimes (Gavrilin), a Russian-language choral work by Valery Gavrilin that premiered in 1984

Chime (novel), a 2011 young adult novel by Franny Billingsley
Chime (video game), released in 2010
Chimes, a magical force that paradoxically destroys magic in the novel Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

Chime (company), an American financial technology company
Chime, the rim of a barrel, one at each end
MDL Chime, a plugin used by web browsers to display the 3D structure of molecules