(computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative array.
(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.
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
So I worked on a tissue-paper copy of the perimeter plan, outlining groupings of plants of the same species and keying them with letters for the species.
The volume closes with thirty pages of "Notes, critical and explanatory," in which Thomson provides seventy-six longer or shorter notes keyed to specific sections of the synopsis.
Indicate the comparative value of each heading by keying it with a number in pencil, in the left margin, as follows:[...]
The American Heart Association has prepared their own guide to classification and, keying it with the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases, have done much to encourage a concise yet complete diagnosis.
The workman's compensation system rests on incentives (premium payments) that are keyed to the immediate and relatively undeniable nature of injuries; [...]
It also features special issues on "Live Longer, Better, Wiser," men's health, women's health, and issues keyed to important "disease weeks."
She makes several key points.
The key idea is to let your body flow with the motion.
The key to success is diligence.
The Florida Keys are divided in the Upper keys group, the Middle keys, and the Lower keys at the southwestern tip.
North of Elliott Key are several small transitional keys, composed of sand built up around small areas of exposed ancient reef.
The types of coral that formed Key Largo limestone can be identified on the exposed surface of these keys.
hand the keys
the Florida Keys
We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.
Lukas intimates that one of Disney's key attractions was "Main Street USA,” which "mimicked a downtown business district just as Southdale" had done.
He is the key player on his soccer team.
The coat of arms of Regensburg is gules two keys in saltire argent.
So starting with ten keys of cocaine and two keys of heroin, Derrick put his plan in motion. Soon every major drug dealer and gang chief from Chicago Avenue to Evanston was in his pocket.
He shoots from the top of the key.
if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.
You fall at once into a lower key.
A girl, it is true, has always lived in a glass house among reproving relatives, whose word was law; she has been bred up to sacrifice her judgments and take the key submissively from dear papa; and it is wonderful how swiftly she can change her tune into the husband's.
the key of B-flat major
Press the Escape key.
Some students cheated by using the answer key.
who keeps the keys of all the creeds
Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books.