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key logs

key logs is the plural of key log.

Meaning of key log

Noun

key log (plural key logs)

  1. The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.
  2. The key issue or problem, which if (re)solved, would make the current task easy to complete. The issue around which the whole problem revolves.
    • In a log jam, where everything is at cross-purposes, there is somewhere a key log causing the trouble. The key log in the educational jam is the department, and the things which have caused it to make so much trouble are narrow departmental ambition and excessive striving for reputation through the...1932 December, Homer L. Dodge, “The Improvement of College Teaching”, in The Journal of Higher Education, volume 3, number 9, Ohio State University Press, page 485

Questions about key logs

What is key logs the plural of?
Key logs is the plural of key log.

Words near key logs in the dictionary

  1. Key lime pies
  2. key limes
  3. key log
  4. key logger
  5. key loggers
  6. key logs
  7. key man insurance
  8. key man risk
  9. key man risks
  10. key money
  11. key of the door

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