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key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • An object designed to open and close a lock.
  • A crucial step or requirement.
  • (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
 avain
  • (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
 avain, salakirjoitusavain
  • (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
 avain, kosketin, avainkenttä, sävellaji
  • In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
  • (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.
 avain, avainkenttä
  • 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.
 avain, kosketin, avainkenttä
  • (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
 näppäin
  • (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
 avain, morseavain, sähkötysavain
  • 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.
 akselikiila, kiila
  • A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
 merkkienselite, selite

key adjective

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • Indispensable, supremely important.
 avain
  • Important, salient.
 tärkeä, avain

key verb

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
 avaintaa
  • To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
 kiiloittaa, varustaa kiilalla
  • (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
 kirjoittaa, näppäillä, syöttää
  • (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
 painaa avainta
  • (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
 raapia avaimella
  • To fit (a lock) with a key.
 varustaa avaimella

key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • One of a string of small islands.
 luoto, pieni saari
Allen key
kuusiokoloavain, kuusikulma-avain
minor key
molli
major key
duuri
Key lime
limetti
key signature
etumerkintä, sävellajin etumerkintä
arrow key
nuolinäppäin
car key
autonavain
low-key
hillitty, pidättyvä
Greek key
meanderi, meanderikuvio
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