keystone
IPA: kˈistoʊn
noun
- (architecture) The top stone of an arch.
- Something on which other things depend for support.
- A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
- (retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
- (baseball) The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
- A census-designated place in Colorado.
- A city and town in Iowa.
- A ghost town in North Dakota.
- A town in South Dakota.
verb
- (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.
- (transitive, retail) To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.
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Examples of "keystone" in Sentences
- The keystone of the arch is tall and deep.
- To you it's the whole game and the keystone.
- It is in fact the keystone of the entire program.
- Keystone of the movable cellular automaton method.
- The center of the keystone is deliberately weakened.
- Restraint is the keystone of the seven holy virtues.
- The concept of level is the keystone of this approach.
- The keystone of all science is the notion of scientific fact.
- The untapped keystone is clearly visible in the bunghole below the label.
- A statue of Saint Peter was placed in the niche over the keystone of the arch.
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