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tuning
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tuning
n.
act of tuning, process of adjusting to match a given standard or pitch
tune
v.
adjust to obtain correct musical pitch; adjust to improve operation (e.g. a car engine); adjust to obtain operational conditions (e.g. radio frequency); coordinate, make harmonious; make a musical sound; adjust to a different goal or framework
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Tuning
Tuning can refer to:
- Musical tuning, musical systems of tuning, and the act of tuning an instrument or voice
- Guitar tunings
- Piano tuning, adjusting the pitch of pianos using a tuning fork or a frequency counter
- Radio tuning
- The process of tuning a tuned filter
- Performance tuning - the optimization of systems, especially computer systems, may include:
- Car tuning, an industry and hobby involving modifying automobile engines to improve their performance
- Engine tuning, the adjustment, modification, or design of internal combustion engines to yield more performance
- Neuronal tuning, the property of brain cells to selectively represent a particular kind of sensory, motor or cognitive information
- Self-tuning
- "Tuning", a song by Avail from their 1994 album Dixie
- Tuning, a psychokinetic ability in the 1998 film Dark City
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tuning
Noun
1. (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
(hypernym) calibration, standardization, standardisation
(derivation) tune, tune up
(classification) music
tune
Noun
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
(synonym) melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) flourish, fanfare, tucket
(part-meronym) phrase, musical phrase
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
(hypernym) pitch
(derivation) tune up
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
(hypernym) alteration, modification, adjustment
Verb
1. adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
(synonym) tune up
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
(hyponym) fine-tune, tweak
(derivation) tuning
2. of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned"
(synonym) tune up
(antonym) untune
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
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tune
v.
naladit; seřídit motor; přepnout; sladit dohromady
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tune
Czas.
stroić; regulować; nastrajać na daną stację/kanał
