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adj
- second in order of importance
- Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
- (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- (of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.
- Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
noun
- the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- (uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
- (slang, manosphere, masculism) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
- (education, rare) An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.
- (countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
- (aviation) Sideslip angle.
- The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
- (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
- Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”).
- (North India, Pakistan, colloquial, Hinglish) a term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son
- (proscribed, uncountable) Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
- (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
- (aviation) The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
verb
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
noun
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
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verb
adj
- second last
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
- (proscribed) pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
- (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
- (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
noun
adj
- first in order of importance
- Designates the first in an order of precedence.
- early testing stage of a software or hardware product
- Clipping of alphabetical.
- (of person, object or action) Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
- (astronomy) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
noun
- the beginning of a series or sequence
- the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- (computer graphics) Ellipsis of alpha layer.
- (software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
- Alternative letter-case form of Alpha (“member of Generation Alpha”).
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a dominant secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
- (statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
- A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
- The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- (aviation) An angle of attack.
- (informal) Clipping of alphabet.
- (finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
- (sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
- Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).
- (computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
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adv
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- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
noun
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- having crucial relevance
- (slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
- basic and fundamental
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
- Very important; of high importance.
- (biology) Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
- (geometry) Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
- Having the nature of essence; not physical.
- (medicine) Idiopathic.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Necessary.
- Really existing; existent.
noun
adj
- the topmost one of two; upper
- superior in rank or accomplishment
- higher in place or position
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.
noun
- the higher of two berths
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
- The upper portion of something.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- Anything that cheers one up.
- (shoemaking) The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- A senior student.
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- Someone with higher social standing
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- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
- The principal part or top of anything.
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
verb
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- most important element
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
noun
- any very large body of (salt) water
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- (nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail.
- (not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- (Internet slang) A main account.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- (now poetic) The high seas.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
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- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- Ellipsis of master key.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
verb
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
adj
- most important element
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
noun
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
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- an actor who plays a principal role
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- A main character or lead actor.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
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- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a seat of government
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
adj
- Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
- (manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
- (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
- (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
- Of less than primary importance.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
- (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
- (taxonomy, not comparable) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.
- (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
- (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
- (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
- inferior in rank or status
- not of major importance
- belonging to a lower class or rank
- depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
noun
- (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
- (astronomy) A secondary circle.
- (aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.
- Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
- One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
- Ellipsis of secondary colour.
- (astronomy) A satellite.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
- (military) The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
- (education) A secondary school.
- (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
- (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
- coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
- the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- 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.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (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.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
adj
- Most important; essential.
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
adj
- Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
- (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
- (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
- (biology, sociology) Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.
- (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
- (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
- (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
- Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
- of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
- consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)
noun
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary star.
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary asteroid.
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary planet.
- A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
- (computing) Synonym of binary file.
- (mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
- (finance) Synonym of binary option.
- a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
- a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
verb
adv
adj
- Coming before (all) others in time.
- Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
- Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
- (nautical) Closest to the bow.
- preceding all others in spatial position
- situated closest to the bow
- ranking above all others
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verb
noun
adj
noun
noun
verb
verb
adv
adj
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
noun
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
adv
adj
- Coming before (all) others in time.
- Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
- Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
- (nautical) Closest to the bow.
- preceding all others in spatial position
- situated closest to the bow
- ranking above all others
adj
- second in order of importance
- Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
- (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- (of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.
- Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
noun
- the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- (uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
- (slang, manosphere, masculism) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
- (education, rare) An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.
- (countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
- (aviation) Sideslip angle.
- The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
- (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
- Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”).
- (North India, Pakistan, colloquial, Hinglish) a term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son
- (proscribed, uncountable) Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
- (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
- (aviation) The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
verb
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
noun
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
adj
- first and most important
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
adj
noun
det
verb
adj
- second last
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
- (proscribed) pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
- (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
- (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
noun
adj
- first in order of importance
- Designates the first in an order of precedence.
- early testing stage of a software or hardware product
- Clipping of alphabetical.
- (of person, object or action) Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
- (astronomy) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
noun
- the beginning of a series or sequence
- the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- (computer graphics) Ellipsis of alpha layer.
- (software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
- Alternative letter-case form of Alpha (“member of Generation Alpha”).
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a dominant secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
- (statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
- A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
- The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- (aviation) An angle of attack.
- (informal) Clipping of alphabet.
- (finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
- (sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
- Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).
- (computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- having crucial relevance
- (slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
adj
- of the greatest importance
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
- basic and fundamental
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
- Very important; of high importance.
- (biology) Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
- (geometry) Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
- Having the nature of essence; not physical.
- (medicine) Idiopathic.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Necessary.
- Really existing; existent.
noun
adj
- the topmost one of two; upper
- superior in rank or accomplishment
- higher in place or position
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.
noun
- the higher of two berths
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
- The upper portion of something.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- Anything that cheers one up.
- (shoemaking) The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- A senior student.
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- Someone with higher social standing
adj
noun
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
- The principal part or top of anything.
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
verb
adj
- most important element
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
noun
- any very large body of (salt) water
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- (nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail.
- (not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- (Internet slang) A main account.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- (now poetic) The high seas.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
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verb
adj
noun
- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- Ellipsis of master key.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
verb
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
adj
- most important element
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
noun
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
adj
noun
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- A main character or lead actor.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
adj
noun
- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a seat of government
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (uncountable, politics) The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance, economics) Money and wealth: the means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
adj
- Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
- (manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
- (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
- (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
- Of less than primary importance.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
- (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
- (taxonomy, not comparable) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.
- (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
- (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
- (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
- inferior in rank or status
- not of major importance
- belonging to a lower class or rank
- depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
noun
- (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
- (astronomy) A secondary circle.
- (aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.
- Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
- One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
- Ellipsis of secondary colour.
- (astronomy) A satellite.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
- (military) The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
- (education) A secondary school.
- (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
- (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
- coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
- the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
adj
noun
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- 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.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (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.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
adj
- Most important; essential.
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
adj
- Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
- (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
- (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
- (biology, sociology) Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.
- (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
- (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
- (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
- Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
- of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
- consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)
noun
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary star.
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary asteroid.
- (astronomy) Synonym of binary planet.
- A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
- (computing) Synonym of binary file.
- (mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
- (finance) Synonym of binary option.
- a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
- a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system