Tuning

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In electricity, the adjustment of a circuit, as to capacity and inductance, so that electrical oscillations induced in it shall agree in frequency with those in another circuit or circuits.
  • noun. The act, process, or result of adjusting the intonation of a musical instrument.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from tune, v.
  • a steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or for ascertaining the pitch of tunes.
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  • noun. Action of the verb to tune.
  • noun. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
  • noun. The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.
  • verb. Present participle of tune.
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  • noun. (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    calibration  standardisation  standardization  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ballooning  cartooning  cocooning  communing  crooning  
    variant
    tune  
    verb-stem
    tune  
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