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keynote

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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]

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