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Keyboard

The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

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Narrower term 1

Clavier 76% connected

The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

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Broader term 2

Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Holder 76% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

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Component part 1

Action 70% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Computer 70% connected

One who computes.

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Organ 70% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Piano 70% connected

Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

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Pianoforte 70% connected

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension,…

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Terminal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Typewriter 70% connected

An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain print…

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Member part 1

Key 70% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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