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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD KEY

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Dead key is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DEAD KEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dead key

A dead key is a special kind of a modifier key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter. The dead key does not generate a character by itself but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after. Thus, a dedicated key is not needed for each possible combination of a diacritic and a letter, but rather only one dead key for each diacritic is needed, in addition to the normal base letter keys. For example, if a keyboard has a dead key for the grave accent , the French character à can be generated by first pressing ` and then A, whereas è can be generated by first pressing ` and then E. Usually, the diacritic in an isolated form can be generated with the dead key followed by space, so a plain grave accent can be typed by pressing ` and then Space.

Definition of dead key in the English dictionary

The definition of dead key in the dictionary is a key on the keyboard of a typewriter which does not automatically advance the carriage when depressed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD KEY

dead centre
dead data
dead duck
dead end
dead fingers
dead from the neck up
dead hand
Dead Heart
dead heat
dead in the water
dead leg
dead letter
dead letter box
dead letter drop
dead load
dead loss
dead man walking
dead man´s fingers
dead man´s handle
dead man´s pedal

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD KEY

Allen key
command key
control key
dichotomous key
escape key
function key
hot key
ignition key
major key
master key
minor key
off key
on key
return key
shift key
skeleton key
tab key
USB key
user-defined key
Woodruff key

Synonyms and antonyms of dead key in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dead key» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD KEY

Find out the translation of dead key to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead key from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead key» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死键
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tecla muerta
570 millions of speakers

English

dead key
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत कुंजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفتاح الميت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мертвая клавиша
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chave mortos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত কি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touche morte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kunci mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tot Schlüssel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デッドキー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 키
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati tombol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chính chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த விசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत की
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölü anahtar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tasto morto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

martwy klawisz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мертва клавіша
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cheie mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρός κλειδί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood sleutel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

död nyckel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døde nøkkelen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead key

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD KEY»

The term «dead key» is normally little used and occupies the 136.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD KEY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead key

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD KEY»

Discover the use of dead key in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead key and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Unicode Explained
Such an auxiliary key is often called a dead key, since just pressing it causes nothing; it works only in combination with some other key. You press it before pressing a letter key, not simultaneously. A more official name for a dead key is ...
Jukka Korpela, 2006
2
Speaking with the Dead: Explorations in Literature and History
This book deals with the special power of literary texts to put us in contact with the past.
Jürgen Pieters, 2005
3
Database and Expert Systems Applications: 20th International ...
Key Key Attrs Attrs PrevID PrevID PostID PostID Dead Dead Key Key Attrs Attrs PrevID PrevID PostID PostID Dead Dead 120 120 ... ... NIL NIL ID1, ID2 ID1, ID2 Q1 Q1 120 120 **** **** NIL NIL ID1, ID2 ID1, ID2 Q1 Q1 Key Key Attrs Attrs ...
Sourav S. Bhowmick, Josef Küng, Roland Wagner, 2009
4
Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible
There is also a dead key to the right of the letter P. It's gray on the On-Screen Keyboard, yellow on the floating keyboard layout. A dead key is one that does nothing when first pressed, but rather is applied to the next character you type.
Alan Simpson, Todd Meister, 2007
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Using MS-DOS 6.22
In addition to the remapped keyboard, a device called a dead key enables you to enter special language characters. Normally, when you type an alphabetic character on your keyboard, the letter appears without any accents. The use of a  ...
Jim Cooper, 2002
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Dictionary of Information Technology
Compare reboot. dead key A key used with another key to create an accented character. When pressed, a dead key produces no visible character (hence its name) but indicates that the accent mark it represents is to be combined with the next ...
Ramesh Bangia, 2010
7
New York Magazine
Safire, who thinks up all his own headlines, called this column THE DEAD-KEY SCROLLS. The title was taken from a "dead key" that Kissinger had on his White House phone when he was Nixon's foreign-policy adviser. The key allowed a ...
8
Take Control of What's New in Word 2004: Advanced Editing ...
If your character does not appear directly, see if it can be entered by combining a dead key character with a normal character. It turns out that we can use the U.S. Extended keyboard to type the “t-comma” character directly. To learn how ...
Matt Neuburg, 2004
9
Xlib Programming Manual: For Version 11 of the X Window System
In computer systems, a variety of methods have been developed for entering these accented characters. Often they involve a Compose key (found on many DEC keyboards) or any "dead key" which, does not send a code when struck but  ...
‎1992
10
Theory of gontierism Vol 1
... Nuclear Robot, The Robot Key, The Home Robot, Darrell Nuclear, Darrell's Escom, Darrell's Sky, Darrell's Cloud, Darrell's Watch, Darrell's Laws, Darrell's Dead Key, Darrell's Dead Mom, Darrell's Trap, Darrell's The Ape, Darrell Awakens, ...
Darrell Gontier

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD KEY»

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PHOTO: AMC Releases Comic Con Key Art for FEAR THE …
AMC released today FEAR THE WALKIKNG DEAD key art for Comic Con International: San Diego 2015. Check it out at left! The image will ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
2
DM Pulley engineers an acclaimed first novel
But she also likes to write, and her first novel, "The Dead Key," won the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The book has two man ... «Sandusky Register, Jun 15»
3
Paula McLain, LeVar Burton and more authors for July: The Reading …
Sunday, July 12, 2 p.m.: D.M. Pulley, author of "The Dead Key" and Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. «cleveland.com, Jun 15»
4
New thriller set in downtown Cleveland
If you are interested in reading a thriller that's set in Northeast Oho, consider taking a look at D.M. Pulley's 'The Dead Key.' The plot concerns a ... «Sandusky Register, Jun 15»
5
Big Pine Key Man Accused Of Shooting Endangered Key Deer
The officer went to Wilson's property and "found the carcass of the dead Key deer hidden in the mangroves," Dube said. Several officers went to ... «WLRN, Jun 15»
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New in paperbacks: Phil Klay's National Book Award-winning …
New paperbacks to check out are "Redeployment" by Phil Klay, "The Dead Key" by D.M. Pulley, "Party Like a President" by Brian Abrams, ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
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March Reading Room: Chang-rae Lee, Phil Klay among authors …
Saturday, March 7, 2 p.m.: D.M. Pulley, author of "The Dead Key." Beachwood branch, 25501 Shaker Blvd. Sunday, March 8, 3 p.m.: Joyce ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
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Thrilling new Cleveland mystery 'The Dead Key' recalls another time …
A far different Cleveland is portrayed in Shaker Heights author D.M. Pulley's new thriller, "The Dead Key," published this week and set on the ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
9
Either we are all equal or ain't none of us free
... label February as Black History Month and provide public service announcements celebrating benchmarks of mostly dead key figures. «AustinTalks, Feb 15»
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The Walking Dead Key Art Released For Second Half of Season Five
18x48 AW2Simplified TWD5Bv2 AMC has released the key art for the second half of The Walking Dead's fifth season. It features the cast, along ... «Comicbook.com, Jan 15»

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