English Explanatory Dictionary

keying

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of key
noun
  1. In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
  2. The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
  3. A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key

Word forms

keying keyings

Related words

miskeying

Derived words

downkeying frequency shift keying frequency-shift keying phase shift keying phase-shift keying upkeying
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