keystone

Signification (Anglais)

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%.

Concepts

clef de voûte

clé de voûte

échine

clef

colonne vertébrale

épine dorsale

voûte

clé d’arc

clef d’arc

clé de voute

clé d'arc

ancre

⚓

clef d'arc

cheville

clé

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Synonymes

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

Traductions

chiave di volta

Schlussstein

clave

🔑

sluitsteen

chave

🔑

Schlußstein

clau de volta

temel

pedra angular

حجر الأساس

Scheitelstein

κεντρικός λίθος αψίδας

θεμέλιο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkiː.stəʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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