Definition of Keyway

1. n. See Key way, under Key.

Definition of Keyway

1. Noun. A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keyway

1. a slot for a key [n -WAYS]

Medical Definition of Keyway

1. The female portion of a precision attachment. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keyway

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keyway (current term)
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Literary usage of Keyway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"keyway CUTTERS. 36. Description of keyway Cutter.—Another form of machine similar to the slotter and the draw-cut shaper is the keyway cutter. ..."

2. Machinery (1902)
"3 one keyway is larger than the other. Fig. 4 shows one keyway wider and off the ... When the keyway varies in width in a shaft, due to hard and soft spots, ..."

3. The American Machinist Shop Note Book: A Collection of Articles (1919)
"218—THE WORK AND THE BROACH and cut a keyway in it to match the one desired in the pulley, but deep enough to cover the broach B, which should be made a ..."

4. Tool Engineering: Jigs and Fixtures by Albert Atkins Dowd, Frank W. Curtis (1922)
"... FIXTURES PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN—TOOTH-SPACING AND CHIP-CLEARANCE— BURNISHING—keyway BROACHING—MULTIPLE FIXTURES— INDEX BROACHING—SPIRAL BROACHING. ..."

5. Shop and Foundry Practice: Prepared for Students of the International by International Correspondence Schools (1901)
"keyway CUTTERS. 64. Another form of machine similar to the slotter and the draw-cut shaper is the keyway cutter. This machine is especially designed for ..."

6. Jigs and Fixtures: A Reference Book Showing Many Types of Jigs and Fixtures by Fred Herbert Colvin, Lucian Levant Haas (1913)
"keyway GAGES A ring gage for testing the proper location of keyways is illustrated in Fig. 278. Another type, which can be used when it is necessary to ..."

7. Basic Studies in the Field of High-Temperature Engineering: Second by Nea, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nihon Genshiryoku Kenkyūjo (2002)
"Methodology Investigations into key movement and analysis stability were first explored using a model of a single key and its surrounding keyway (ABAQUS FE ..."

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