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tunable

American  
[too-nuh-buhl, tyoo-] / ˈtu nə bəl, ˈtju- /

adjective

  1. capable of being tuned.

  2. Archaic. harmonious; tuneful; melodious.


tunable British  
/ ˈtjuːnəbəl /

adjective

  1. able to be tuned

  2. archaic melodious or tuneful

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of tunable

First recorded in 1490–1500; tune + -able

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"This experiment provides a precise and highly tunable way for exploring how quantum systems can resist the pull of chaos," says Guo.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2026

The chip includes 120 qubits, which are the units of information used by quantum computers, with 218 tunable couplers, or the components that link the qubits to enable their interactions.

From MarketWatch Nov. 12, 2025

This configuration makes the electronic characteristics of the electrides both durable and tunable.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

Others had done similar things, Rybka notes, but earlier efforts made the higher mode resonator ring strongly at one frequency or made it tunable, not both.

From Science Magazine Nov. 20, 2024

Yet, to utter intellectual wealth nobly, two things more are indispensable the gift of language and a tunable voice, which last does not always come by talking with tempests.

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade

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