tunable

American  

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

adjective

1. capable of being tuned.

2. Archaic.  harmonious; tuneful; melodious.

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tunable British  

/ ˈtjuːnəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be tuned

2. archaic  melodious or tuneful

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Other Word Forms

• tunability noun
• tunableness noun
• tunably adverb
• untunable adjective
• untunableness noun
• untunably adverb

Etymology

Origin of tunable

First recorded in 1490–1500; tune + -able

Example Sentences

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

"At low temperature, not only is strontium titanate the most electrically tunable optical material we know of, but it's also the most piezoelectrically tunable material," said Christopher Anderson, co-first author and now a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

From Science Daily

The decision to test STO was guided by an understanding of what characteristics make materials highly tunable.

From Science Daily

"We knew what ingredients we needed to make a highly tunable material. We found those ingredients already existed in nature, and we simply used them in a new recipe. STO was the obvious choice," Anderson said.

From Science Daily

Building on this concept, the researchers aim to create small, lightweight, compact, portable, and tunable lasers that can set wavelengths with precision.

From Science Daily