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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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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

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

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 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

Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending method to synthesize high-quality, layered perovskite nanowires with large aspect ratios and tunable organic-inorganic chemical compositions.

From Science Daily Jun. 6, 2024

With what a thrill, too, do you bring back to me the brightness of old forgotten springs, the childish rapture at the sweet tunable cry!

From The Thread of Gold by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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