0 the most important or most emphasized part of something: --
1 the most important part, esp. of an event, or something that is emphasized strongly: --
2 the most important or most obvious part of something: --
He is a brilliant designer and his keynote is simplicity.
3 → keynote address : --
The editors of this volume presented plenary papers and have brought together the other keynote presentations from the conference.
I have already cited his reliance on a keynote, and the avoidance of the keynote to close acts other than the last.
A keynote article necessarily offers a selective exposition of the authors' thinking and so my remarks are an invitation to expand.
The longest produced the keynote; the pitch of the shorter was a fifth above it and that of the shortest an octave above it.
Dignity could be called the keynote of all virtues.
In the event education and voluntarism were the keynotes of the response and the committee decided not to make a statement.
For these scholars, at least, the keynote seems to be a sufficient condition of tonal unity in an opera.
Such was her impact on the world of research in music education that she has been invited to give keynote speeches on every continent.
