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[ki:] 1. noun1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) atslēga2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) taustiņš3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) taustiņš4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) toņkārta5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) atrisinājums6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) atslēga; kods2. adjective(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) galvenais; vadošais- keyboard- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed up* * *kilograms; atslēga; taustiņš; atbilde, atrisinājums; kods, atslēga; toņkārta, tonalitāte, atslēga; ierievis, ķīlis; pārslēgs; uzskaņot; pielāgot, pieskaņot; nostiprināt ar ķīli, saķīlēt; vadošais, galvenais -
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[rə'pleis]1) (to put, use etc (a person, thing etc), or to be put, used etc, in place of another: I must replace that broken lock; He replaced the cup he broke with a new one; Cars have replaced horses as the normal means of transport.) nomainīt; aizstāt2) (to put (something) back where it was: Please replace the books on the shelves.) atlikt atpakaļ•- replacement* * *atlikt atpakaļ; atdot; aizstāt, nomainīt
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