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key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • An object designed to open and close a lock.
 llave, llavín
  • (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
 tecla
  • In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
  • (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
 tecla, clave, llave
  • A crucial step or requirement.
  • In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
  • (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
  • (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
  • (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
 clave, llave
  • A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
 clave, leyenda
  • An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
  • (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
 cuña
  • (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
 llave, clave
  • (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
 llave, tecla

key adjective

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • Indispensable, supremely important.
 clave, llave
  • Important, salient.
 llave

key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • One of a string of small islands.
 cayo

key verb

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
 teclear
tuning key
clavija
Key West
Cayo Hueso
Key lime
limonero, lima
key fob
llave del coche, llavero
Allen key
llave Allen, llave allen
master key
llave maestra
shift key
mayús, tecla de mayúsculas, tecla mayús
skeleton key
llave maestra
key signature
armadura de clave, armadura de tonalidad
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