Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

key log

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: key log
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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 publication of research."
"Present conditions are "a crisis of confidence. . . . Electric utilities are the key log.""

Inflected Forms

key logs (plural)

Questions

What does key log mean?: The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.

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