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tunable

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

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

Example Sentences

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Each agent moved toward its goal with a tunable amount of variation, described as "noise."

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“Having the tunable couplers fixed should ease the path to scaling to larger machines going forward,” McPeake wrote, adding, “this is a key component of Rigetti’s modular quantum compute architecture.”

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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

He was very curious to fit himself with a handsome word of a tunable sound, but could light upon none that some poet or other had not made use of before.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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