📖 Definitions of "Keying"
verb
- 1
To fit (a lock) with a key.
- 2
To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- 3
To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- 4
(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
noun
- 1
In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
- 2
The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
- 3
A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Keying"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| windernoun | A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth. |
| kilonoun | Clipping of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg] |
| kilogramnoun | In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg |
| centralnoun | Being very important, or key to something. |
| kgnoun | (India) Abbreviation of kindergarten. [(Canada, US, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.] |
| discoververb | (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time. |
| operativenoun | Functional, in working order. |
| describeverb | (transitive) To represent in words. |
| identifyverb | (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. |
| namenoun | Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. |
| significantnoun | Having a noticeable or major effect. |
| fundamentalnoun | Essential; extremely important. |
| primalnoun | Of greatest importance; primary. |
| cardinalnoun | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. |
| important | Having relevant and crucial value; having import. |
| distinguishverb | To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. |
| tonalitynoun | (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales. |
| caynoun | A small, low island largely made of sand or coral. |
| florida keysnoun | A coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida. |
| key outverb | (transitive) To remove (something) or make (something) transparent in a scene through the use of a chromakey. |
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