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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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In addition, by using tunable lasers, the detector can be adjusted to respond to one specific frequency within such a field, across a range that extends up to terahertz waves.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2025

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

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 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

The sun had risen fairly, but the hour was still too early for the sweet peaceful music of the church-going bells to have made their echoes tunable through the rich valley.

From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Herbert, Henry William

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