2. Noun. An incorrect tuning ¹
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Definition of Mistuning
1. mistune [v] - See also: mistune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistuning
Literary usage of Mistuning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book on Wireless Telegraphy by Rupert Stanley (1919)
"In the first case there will be a silent point when the receiver is tuned to 600
metres and the beat will have reached a frequency of 1000 with mistuning of ..."
2. Sound and Its Relation to Music by Clarence Grant Hamilton (1912)
"Accordingly, many attempts were made to reduce the number of keys by slightly
mistuning or tempering certain tones and thus identifying them with others of ..."
3. Wireless Telegraphy: With Special Reference to the Quenched-spark System by Bernard John Leggett (1921)
"Whilst such defects are greatly reduced with Quenched-Spark Gaps, the practice
of slightly mistuning the circuits to aid quenching still produces the ..."
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