Associations to the word «Keyhole»

KEYHOLE, noun. The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.

KEYHOLE, noun. Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.

KEYHOLE, noun. A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.

KEYHOLE, noun. (carpentry) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.

KEYHOLE, noun. (engineering) A mortise for a key or cotter.

KEYHOLE, noun. (lasers) A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.

KEYHOLE, noun. (metallurgy) A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.

KEYHOLE, noun. (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.

KEYHOLE, verb. (ordnance) To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight; typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.

KEYHOLE LIMPET, noun. A marine gastropod of the genus Fissurella and allied genera.

KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN, noun. (biology) A carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.

KEYHOLE LYMPET HEMOCYANIN, noun. Misspelling of keyhole limpet hemocyanin.

KEYHOLE SAW, noun. A narrow, slender saw, used in cutting keyholes, etc.; a kind of compass saw or fretsaw.

KEYHOLE SURGERY, noun. (medicine) Surgery using a fibre-optic laparoscope through a small incision, either for examination or treatment

KEYHOLE URCHIN, noun. Any of numerous clypeastroid sea urchins of the genera Melitta, Rotula and Encope, with one or more perforations resembling keyholes.

KEYHOLE, noun. The hole where a key is inserted.