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1. Key
   In music, a key is a family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key,...
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2. Key
   In architecture a key is a piece of wood used as a wedge. The last board of a floor when laid down is also called the key. In plastering, the term key is applied to that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
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3. Key
   A signal to move on to the next step in a skydive
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4. Key
   In encryption, a key is a sequence of characters used to encode and decode a file. You can enter a key in two formats
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5. Key
   A low, insular BANK of sand, coral, etc., as one of the islets off the southern coast of Florida.
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6. key
   [n] - United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812 2. [n] - a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida 3. [n] - any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music ...
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7. key
   In an encryption system, the encryption algorithm is generally assumed to be known. What is kept secret is the key (however a key may be a public key or a private key). There are many different forms of key, each of which can be regarded as a string of meaningless bits until it is used, as input to the encryption algorithm, to encode or decode a message.
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8. Key
   Branching and statement keys. Both are used to find out what something is.
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9. Key
   The control of a dynamics processing device by an external audio signal.
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10. Key
    Unique identifiers such as ID numbers, file references, etc. logically associated with an image document and used as index information.
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11. Key
    (In topic `Security`) A key is a string of bits used widely in cryptography to enable the encryption & decryption of data
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12. Key
    The promotion code which appears somewhere on each subscription order (see also “Source code�)
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13. Key
    The pitch reference for A diatonic scale
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14. Key
    1. The screw that controls ink flow from the ink fountain of a printing press.
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15. key
    one of a set of levers to be pressed by the fingers in playing a musical instrument Category: General • a piece of wood inserted in a joint(hence a keyed joint)to prevent movement between adjacent surfaces Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries &bu...
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16. Key
    To roughen a surface to provide a better grip when it is being glued; also the surface so roughened.
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17. Key
    Key (kē) noun [ Middle English keye , key , kay , Anglo-Saxon cæg .] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a p...
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18. Key
    Key transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Keved ; present participle & verbal noun Keying .] To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. Francis. <...
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19. Key
    Key noun (Teleg.) A metallic lever by which the circuit of the sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may be easily and rapidly opened and closed; any device for closing or opening an electric circuit.
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20. Key
    Key noun A simplified version or analysis which accompanies something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table containing the solutions to problems, ciphers, allegories, or the like, or a table or synopsis of conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a taxonomic group.
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21. key
    To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. To key up. ... To raise the pitch of. Hence, fig, to produce nervous tension in. ... Origin: Keved; Keying. ... 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted t...
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22. key
    tonality noun any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
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23. key
    paint noun (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; `he hit a jump shot from the top of the key`; `he dominates play in the paint`
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24. key
    noun metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock`s mechanism can be rotated
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25. key
    noun pitch of the voice; `he spoke in a low key`
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