[jut samkhan] (n, exp) EN: important point ; crux ; crucial point ; essential point ; keynote ; important part ; crux of the matterFR: point capital [ m ] ; point essentiel [ m ] ; point crucial [ m ] ; point important [ m ]
There was 2, 000 of the world's top marine mammal scientists, and Ric O'Barry was supposed to be the keynote speaker, and at the last minute, the sponsor of the program pulled him from the ticket.
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 ]