[n. exp.] (jut samkhan) EN: important point ; crux ; crucial point ; essential point ; keynote ; important part ; crux of the matter FR: point capital [m] ; point essentiel [m] ; point crucial [m] ; point important [m]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a
piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the
chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are
referred; -- called also {key tone}.
[1913 Webster]
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;
as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keynote
n 1: the principal theme in a speech or literary work
2: a fundamental or central idea
3: (music) the first note of a diatonic scale [syn: {tonic},
{keynote}]
v 1: set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall
collection"
2: give the keynote address to (an audience)