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Definition of Tuning fork

1. Noun. A metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments.

Definition of Tuning fork

1. Noun. a fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Tuning fork

1. A steel or magnesium-alloy instrument roughly resembling a two-pronged fork, the vibrations of the prongs of which, when struck, give a musical note of restricted band width; used to test the hearing and vibratory sensation. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Tuning fork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"As the result of the vibration of any portion of matter, such as a tuning-fork or a bell, there will be, in general, waves produced in the surrounding ..."

2. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied, for the Use of by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"The vibration produces a note which is always the.same for the same tuning-fork. The note is strengthened by fixing the tuning-fork on a box open at one end ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"ON A NEW METHOD OF MEASURING THE PITCH OP A tuning fork. By GEORGE F. BARKER, of Philadelphia, Pa. THE methods which have thus far been employed to estimate ..."

4. 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 ..."

5. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"Determination of the Frequency of a tuning fork by Means of a Clock-Fork THEORY OF THE EXPERIMENT. — Read Art. 8. An ordinary clock consists of a pendulum, ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"7, ABo is a tuning fork, with its neck, c, rigidly fixed, and a string, AD, attached to it. One end, D, of the string is fastened. ..."

7. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"They are not so readily observed in the case of a tuning fork and a wire. ... Determination of the Frequency of a tuning fork by AM Mayer's Method ..."

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