keystone

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The top stone of an arch.
2. Something on which other things depend for support.
3. A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
4. A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
5. The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.

Verb

1. (transitive) To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
2. (transitive) To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.

Conceptes

clau de volta

àncora

⚓

pedra clau

Sinònims

headstone

🪦

lynchpin

key

🔑

anchor

⚓

backbone

cornerstone

linchpin

main

mainstay

essential part

crowbar

foundation

gist

groundwork

axle

issue

axis

lever

head stone

aspect

choke stone

main point

coigne

major

point

principle

quoin

substructure

bar

base

capstone

coign

key-stone

Traduccions

chiave di volta

Schlussstein

clave

🔑

clef de voûte

clé de voûte

sluitsteen

chave

🔑

Schlußstein

pedra angular

Scheitelstein

échine

حجر الأساس

temel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkiː.stəʊn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From key + stone.
Definition 4 (retail) possibly originated in the jewelry industry in the magazine called "Jewelers' Circular-Keystone".