keying
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verb
- 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).
noun
- 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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