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TUNING
tuning
(noun) (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
tuning (plural tunings)
Action of the verb to tune.
The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
(engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.
Hyponyms
• engine tuning
• neuronal tuning
• piano tuning
Verb
tuning
present participle of tune
Source: Wiktionary
Tun"ing,
Definition: a. & n. from Tune, v. Tuning fork (Mus.), 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.
TUNE
Tune, n. Etym: [A variant of tone.]
1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." Shak.
2. (Mus.) (a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air. (b) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. Shak.
3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. Locke.
Tune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tuned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tuning.]
1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. " Tune your harps." Dryden.
2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. For now to sorrow must I tune my song. Milton.
3. To sing with melody or harmony. Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Milton.
4. To put into a proper state or disposition. Shak.
Tune, v. i.
1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. Drayton.
2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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