2syllables
keying
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Definitions ofkeying
1verb
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
Example: "Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs."
- To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
Example: "He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot."
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
1noun
- In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
- The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
- A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key
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