Find the word definition

Wikipedia
Greek key

Greek key may refer to:

  • Greek key (art), a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif
  • Greek key (protein structure), a repeated motif in the secondary structure in proteins

Usage examples of "greek key".

Most of the motifs, ironically, were borrowed from Graeco-Roman civilization-dentils, acanthus, leaf scrolls, even the Greek key.

Most of the motifs, ironically, were borrowed from Graeco-Roman civilization -- dentils, acanthus, leaf scrolls, even the Greek key.

Twice in as many miles he saw the Greek Key pattern again: once on the canopy above a restaurant, and again in gold on the window of an antique shop.

From out of her sewing basket, Brandy draws a streamer of white and gold, a magic act, a layer of sheer white silk patterned with a Greek key design in gold she casts over my head.

LUCY MAY AS WELL BE shut off in a conference room on the fourth floor of the New York District Attorney's Office, looking out dusty windows at old downtown buildings pressing in from all sides, while Berger sips her black coffee from her paper cup with the Greek key trim around the lip, just like she has done in every interview Lucy has ever watched.