tuning
Britishnoun
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a set of pitches to which the open strings of a guitar, violin, etc, are tuned
the normal tuning on a violin is G, D, A, E
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the accurate pitching of notes and intervals by a choir, orchestra, etc; intonation
Example Sentences
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He recommends self-nudging, deliberately tuning our media inputs and scrolling practices to reduce time spent mentally fending off the internet’s flotsam and jetsam.
Together, experimental data and theoretical modeling emphasize the importance of precisely tuning catalyst composition to achieve higher efficiency and better stability.
From Science Daily
“We were tuning the cows to the song,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
This precise tuning altered how the particles managed electrons, allowing them to produce higher levels of reactive oxygen molecules.
From Science Daily
"For example, adoptive T cell therapies are being used successfully to treat certain very rare sarcomas, so one could imagine using our insights to re-engineer the sensitivity of those receptors by tuning their activation threshold."
From Science Daily
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