The phrase "hex key" is both correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use "hex key" when you need to refer to a tool used to tighten or loosen bolts and screws with a hexagonal socket, also known as an Allen key. Example: "I needed a hex key to assemble my new furniture."
your hex key, his system also had a "priming" key to begin enciphering.
A hex key, also known as an Allen wrench, is that small, L-shaped wrench used to drive bolts and screws with hexagonal sockets.
Sadly, Apple knows that most of the folks who are looking at the Mini aren't also looking for a hex key set and a putty knife.
While I'm not sure if they're including a hex key and cheap screws with these houses, it's an idea whose time has come.
A 6-mm hex key was attached to the crosshead and lowered into the 6-mm hex hole in the implant (this hole is aligned with the centre of the distal femoral stem).
Throughout the testing a small constant vertical load of 10 N was applied, to counteract any vertical loosening, and to ensure engagement of the hex key in the implant hex hole.
There were some clever surprises, some that solved day to day problems, such as boiling the perfect egg to solutions in search of problems, such as wooden screwdrivers and tension sensitive hex keys.
A tool to adjust the hex keys might have come in the box, if not you can get one at a hardware store.
You could use them to store craft supplies, OTC meds like Tylenol or vitamins, nuts, bolts, screws, nails, old chargers and computer cords, fishing stuff, leftover parts from assembling things, buttons, drill bits, short hex keys, etc.
In performing this test, a participant picks up 12 small common objects (e.g., a coin, flat-head screw, wing nut, hex nut, key, paper clip, nail, or washer) one at a time and places them into a small box.
It is often referred to as a hex key and is used for bike repairs and furniture construction.
