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"Key" Definition
noun
A button or lever that is depressed to operate a machine.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A button that is depressed to cause a corresponding character or function to be typed or executed by a typewriter or to be accepted as input by a computer.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A characteristic tone or level of intensity, as of a speech or sales campaign. Often used in combination: high-key; low-key.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A device, such as a wedge or pin, inserted to lock together mechanical or structural parts.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A low offshore island or reef, especially in the Gulf of Mexico; a cay.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Architecture To furnish (an arch) with a keystone.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Music To regulate the pitch of.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To bring into harmony; adjust or adapt.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To enter (data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To identify (a biological specimen).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
idiom
In key In consonance with other factors.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Out of key Not in consonance with other factors.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
phrasal-verb
Key up To make intense, excited, or nervous.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Of crucial importance; significant: key decisions; the key element of the thesis.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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