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Clavis meaning
A Roman key. | A device for restraint of the hands. | Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
Example sentences (4)
Police say Clavis did have a small cut on his right hand which he said came from the belt buckle.
Regardless of the drivetrain, the Clavis will send its amount of twist to the front wheels only.
Name The name is derived from the Latin word clavis, meaning "key" (associated with more common clavus, meaning "nail, rod, etc.") and chorda (from Greek χορδή) meaning "string, especially of a musical instrument".
William Oughtred used and δ, the Greek letter equivalents of p and d, to express ratios of periphery and diameter in the 1647 and later editions of Clavis Mathematicae.