keystone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkiː.stəʊn/
Etymology
From key + stone. Definition 4 (retail) possibly originated in the jewelry industry in the magazine called "Jewelers' Circular-Keystone".
Meanings
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The top stone of an arch.
The tunnel, which is 1,000 yd. long, had been closed to passenger traffic since November 17, 1949, after some of the keystones had worked loose.
1950 March, “Notes and News: Sugar Loaf Tunnel, Central Wales Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:
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Something on which other things depend for support.
Tension between empirical and theoretical knowledge is keystone to sociological and to organizational theories, as early as in Marx's and Weber's frameworks.
1999, Eliezer Geisler, Methodology, Theory, and Knowledge in the Managerial and Organizational ...:
- A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
- The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| keystones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
keystone corner · keystone correction · keystone effect · Keystone Cop · Keystoner · keystone pricing · keystone species · keystone picture · Keystone State
Translations (70)
ta கீஸ்டோன் (the top stone of an arch) · pl podstawa (the top stone of an arch) · ru замко́вый ка́мень (the top stone of an arch) · de Scheitelstein (the top stone of an arch) · el σφηνόλιθος (the top stone of an arch) · gv ogher (the top stone of an arch) · vi rường cột (something on which other things depend for support) · it chiave di volta (the top stone of an arch) · es dovela (the top stone of an arch) · mk клучен камен (the top stone of an arch) · az açardaşı (the top stone of an arch) · ka საჭექი ქვა (the top stone of an arch) · ko 쐐기돌 (the top stone of an arch) · cs svorník (the top stone of an arch) · ru замко́вый ка́мень (something on which other things depend for support) · gl clave (the top stone of an arch) · sk svorník (the top stone of an arch) · da kilesten (the top stone of an arch) · ja キーストーン (the top stone of an arch) · fr clé d'arc (the top stone of an arch) · ka საჭექი (the top stone of an arch) · fr clef de voûte (something on which other things depend for support) · fi lakikivi (the top stone of an arch) · fa سنگ تاج (the top stone of an arch) · et päiskivi (the top stone of an arch) · bg ключ (the top stone of an arch) · pl filar (the top stone of an arch) · de Schlussstein (the top stone of an arch) · no kronestein (the top stone of an arch) · da hovedpunkt (something on which other things depend for support) · grc ὀμφαλός (the top stone of an arch) · sv slutsten (the top stone of an arch) · mt ċavi (the top stone of an arch) · sv nyckelstenen (the top stone of an arch) · ca clau de volta (the top stone of an arch) · pdt Akjsteen (the top stone of an arch) · fr clef d'arc (the top stone of an arch) · oc clau de vòlta (the top stone of an arch) · uk ключ (the top stone of an arch) · da kardinalpunkt (something on which other things depend for support) · da slutsten (the top stone of an arch) · pl podstawa (something on which other things depend for support) · bg крайъгълен камък (something on which other things depend for support) · es clave (the top stone of an arch) · pl zwornik (the top stone of an arch) · fr clé de voute (the top stone of an arch) · is lokasteinn (the top stone of an arch) · xcl պորտ (the top stone of an arch) · uk замковий камінь (the top stone of an arch) · fr claveau (the top stone of an arch) · pt pedra angular (the top stone of an arch) · hy պորտաքար (the top stone of an arch) · pl klucz (the top stone of an arch) · hu zárókő (the top stone of an arch) · gv ard-chlagh (the top stone of an arch) · is höfuðsteinn (the top stone of an arch) · eu giltzarri (the top stone of an arch) · fr clef de voûte (the top stone of an arch) · oc clau de vòlta (something on which other things depend for support) · da grundprincip (something on which other things depend for support) · uk замок (the top stone of an arch) · ru замо́к (the top stone of an arch) · eo ĉefŝtono (the top stone of an arch) · eo ŝlosoŝtono (the top stone of an arch) · he אבן הראשה (the top stone of an arch) · kn ನೆತ್ತಿಗಲ್ಲು (the top stone of an arch) · io klozostono (the top stone of an arch) · ar حجر العقد (the top stone of an arch) · nl sluitsteen (the top stone of an arch) · ro cheie de boltă (the top stone of an arch)