key
instrument that is used to operate a lock
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Summary
key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,585 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Physically interacts with: lock[2]
- Subclass of: physical tool[3]
- Has use: access[4]
- Commons category: Keys[5]
- Unicode character: 🔑[6], 🗝[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Keys[8]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
- Different from: Klucz[12]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
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Influence
Things named for key include Kagi[14], a search engine[15], in United States[16], founded in 2018[17], headquartered in Palo Alto[18].
Why It Matters
key has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] key is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for key include Kagi[14], a search engine[15], in United States[16], founded in 2018[17], headquartered in Palo Alto[18].