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key noun

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • An object designed to open and close a lock.
  • 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.
  • (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
  • (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).
  • (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
  • (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
 klucz
  • (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
 klucz, klawisz, tonacja
  • 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.
 klucz, klawisz
  • (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
 klawisz
  • A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
 klucz, legenda

key verb

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
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key adjective

  /ki/ , /kiː/ , [cʰi̞i̯] , [kʲʰi̞i̯]
  • Indispensable, supremely important.
  • Important, salient.
 kluczowy, klucz
alt key
alt
key fob
brelok
tuning key
stroik
ignition key
kluczyk
skeleton key
wytrych, goniec
key chain
brelok
USB key
pamięć USB
key signature
znaki przykluczowe
car key
klucz samochodowy, kluczyk
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