"tuning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tjuːnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tuːnɪŋ/ [US] Forms: tunings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tuning (plural tunings)
  1. Action of the verb to tune.
    The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
    Translations (the calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch): настро́йка (nastrójka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 調音 (Chinese Mandarin), 调音 (tiáoyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), ladění [neuter] (Czech), viritys (Finnish), accordage [masculine] (French), Stimmung [feminine] (German), 調律 (chōritsu) (alt: ちょうりつ) (Japanese), 조율 (joyul) (Korean), stemming [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stemming [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), afinação [feminine] (Portuguese), настро́йка (nastrójka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tuning-en-noun-rmbgYe7l Disambiguation of 'the calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch': 98 2
  2. Action of the verb to tune.
    (engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.
    Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (the adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance): viritys (Finnish), hienosäätö (Finnish), paramétrage [masculine] (French), tuning [masculine] (French), チューニング (chūningu) (Japanese), тю́нинг (tjúning) [masculine] (Russian), нала́дка (naládka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tuning-en-noun-4G-9z1d4 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: engine tuning, neuronal tuning, piano tuning Derived forms: fine-tuning Related terms: cross-tuning, open tuning, tuning fork, tuning hammer, tuning head, tuning key, tuning lever, tuning peg, tuning wrench Translations (action of the verb to tune): настро́йка (nastrójka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 調整 (Chinese Mandarin), 调整 (tiáozhěng) (Chinese Mandarin), virittäminen (Finnish), réglage [masculine] (French), Anpassung [feminine] (German), настро́йка (nastrójka) [feminine] (Russian), регулиро́вка (reguliróvka) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'action of the verb to tune': 50 50

Verb

IPA: /tjuːnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tuːnɪŋ/ [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tuning
  1. present participle and gerund of tune Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tune
    Sense id: en-tuning-en-verb-0pnEr2hg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 50

Inflected forms

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}

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