TUNABLE

Etymology

Adjective

tunable (comparative more tunable, superlative most tunable)

(now rare) Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. [from 16th c.]

Able to be tuned. [from 18th c.]

Noun

tunable (plural tunables)

(computer) A setting that can be configured.

Anagrams

• abluent, ant-blue, bleaunt, blue ant, butenal

Source: Wiktionary


Tun"a*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.

– Tun"a*ble*ness, n.

– Tun"a*bly, adv. And tunable as sylvan pipe or song. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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