What does Keystone mean?

Definitions for Keystone
ˈkiˌstoʊnkey·stone

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

    a central cohesive source of support and stability

    "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

  2. keystone, key, headstonenoun

    the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

Wiktionary

  1. keystonenoun

    The top stone of an arch.

  2. keystonenoun

    A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Keystonenoun

    The middle stone of an arch.

    Etymology: key and stone.

    If you will add a keystone and chaptrels to the arch, let the breadth of the upper part of the keystone be the height of the arch. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

ChatGPT

  1. keystone

    A keystone is the central principle or part of a policy, system, etc., on which all else depends. It is also an architectural term referring to the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry arch, or the generally round one at the apex of a vault, locking all stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Keystonenoun

    the central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch

Wikidata

  1. Keystone

    A keystone is the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry vault or arch, which is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch to bear weight. Although a masonry arch or vault cannot be self-supporting until the keystone is placed, the keystone experiences the least stress of any of the voussoirs, due to its position at the apex. Old keystones can decay due to vibration, a condition known as bald arch. In a rib-vaulted ceiling, keystones may mark the intersections of two or more arched ribs. For aesthetic purposes, the keystone is sometimes larger than the other voussoirs, or embellished with a boss. Mannerist architects of the 16th century often designed arches with enlarged and slightly dropped keystones, as in the "church house" entrance portal at Colditz Castle. Numerous examples are found in the work of Sebastiano Serlio, a 16th-century Italian Mannerist architect.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Keystone in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Keystone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Keystone in a Sentence

  1. Michael Tran:

    There are only a handful of pipelines available to export barrels out of Canada and when a large pipeline like Keystone goes offline, Canadian barrels become stranded and prices suffer.

  2. Joe Biden:

    Make no mistake, inflation’s largely the fault of Putin, i love, you know, the Republicans saying it’s Biden’s gas pipeline, Biden’s said he’s going to stop the Keystone Pipeline and I did and that’s the reason prices went up. Folks let’s get something straight here, the Keystone Pipeline was two years away and had been 2 percent finished. Give me a break.

  3. George Bernard Shaw:

    The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

  4. Norman Levine:

    We are shocked that there was any value of Keystone left in TransCanada.

  5. Matt Raymer:

    Either of Pennsylvania's leading Republican Democratic Senate candidates would represent the Keystone State better than a Democrat, but Pennsylvania law is clear that undated absentee ballots may not be counted, this is another example of the RNC's ironclad commitment to ensuring that the highest standards of transparency and security are upheld throughout the election process.

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