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[kee] Origin

Key

[kee]
noun
Francis Scott, 1780–1843, U.S. lawyer: author of The Star-Spangled Banner.
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key
"low island," 1697, from Sp. cayo "shoal, reef," from Taino cayo "small island;" spelling infl. by M.E. key "wharf" (1306), from O.Fr. kai "sand bank" (see quay).
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key   (kē)  Pronunciation Key 
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key definition


The main or central note of a piece of music (or part of a piece of music). Each key has its own scale, beginning and ending on the note that defines the octave of the next scale. The key of C-major uses a scale that starts on C and uses only the white keys of the piano. In a piece composed in the key of C, the music is likely to end on the note C, and certain combinations of notes based on C will predominate.

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K definition

[ke]
  1. n.
    and kee; key; ki. [ki]a kilogram of cannabis. (Drugs.) : Well, how much is a ki?
  2. n.
    ketamine hydrochloride, a drug similar to LSD. (Drugs.) : You want to try this K. stuff?
  3. n.
    a thousand (of anything, such as dollars, bytes, etc.). : This car is worth at least twenty K.
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F key
function key
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