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Keying

To fit (a lock) with a key.

📖 Definitions of "Keying"

verb
  1. 1

    To fit (a lock) with a key.

  2. 2

    To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.

  3. 3

    To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.

  4. 4

    (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).

noun
  1. 1

    In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.

  2. 2

    The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.

  3. 3

    A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Keying"

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windernounA textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
kilonounClipping 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]
kilogramnounIn 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
centralnounBeing 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.
operativenounFunctional, in working order.
describeverb(transitive) To represent in words.
identifyverb(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
namenounAny nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
significantnounHaving a noticeable or major effect.
fundamentalnounEssential; extremely important.
primalnounOf greatest importance; primary.
cardinalnounDescribing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
importantHaving relevant and crucial value; having import.
distinguishverbTo 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.
caynounA small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
florida keysnounA 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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