Lexic.us

Definition of Keyed

1. Adjective. Fitted with or secured by a key. "The locks have not yet been keyed"

Definition of Keyed

1. a. Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune.

Definition of Keyed

1. Verb. (past of key) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keyed

1. key [v] - See also: key

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keyed

Literary usage of Keyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"Compound keyed Beam. however, is about double that of a solid beam of the same ... Kidwell also tested several styles of keyed beams, with the result that a ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine (1856)
"To this shaft b is keyed a barrel d to receive the coils of a rope or chain r, ... keyed to the same spindles which carry the barrels/, /, or forming a part ..."

3. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"CHAPTER VI THE keyed INSTRUMENTS I. THE ORGAN. THE importance of the keyed instruments in relation to the other sound-producing agents, whether instrumental ..."

4. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"This is provided with three bearings, and on it is keyed a pinion, c, 2 feet diameter, gearing right and left into crown wheels, d and e, 7 feet 6 inches ..."

5. Forest Owners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax by William C. Siegel, William L. Hoover, Harry L. Haney, Jr., Karen Liu (1996)
"Tax Law keyed to Production of Income Tax law is keyed to the production of income. Expenses incurred for an activity carried out to produce income as ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In A the wheel vanes arc tixed on each side of a centre plate keyed on the turbine ... In В t He vanes are fixed on one side of a disk, keyed on the shaft, ..."

7. Business Statistics by Melvin Thomas Copeland (1917)
"How keyed RETURNS MAY THROW LIGHT ON MEDIUMS AND COPY l BY GRAFTON B. PERKINS MIXED with brains, a keying system is about the best assistant any manager of ..."

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