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Definition of Tuning
1. Noun. (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency.
Category relationships: Music
Derivative terms: Tune, Tune
Definition of Tuning
1. Noun. Action of the verb ''to tune''. ¹
2. Noun. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch. ¹
3. Noun. (engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of tune) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuning
1. tune [v] - See also: tune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuning
Literary usage of Tuning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the tuning of strings, the pitch is determined by the size, ... In reed tuning
the desired pitch is obtained by filing or scraping the reed; ..."
2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"Rule for checking the tuning of Octaves, four of the same, p. 485. p. 491. ...
The Translator's Rule for tuning in mcan- tions of Cornu and Mercadier, p. ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"and ultimately vitiates the ear; such tuning can only be quickly achieved ...
549, and to such works as : An Essay on the Theory and Practice of tuning in ..."
4. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"Octave from tuning-forks. When a vibrating fork is held over an air-resonator
... In the ideal tuning-fork, composed of equal masses moving to and fro in a ..."
5. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"tuning Fork Tests No Recommendation: No recommendation is made regarding the use
of tuning fork tests in screening for or diagnosis of otitis media with ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1869)
"THE application of electricity to maintaining the vibrations of the tuning-fork
is not entirely new, though it is of recent discovery; and the use of ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear Including a Sketch of Aural by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1885)
"If the tuning-fork is now :k even with a hard substance, ... The value of the
tuning-fork sting the perception of different musical tones been much ..."
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