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tune |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; p. pr & vb n. {Tuning}.] 1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of as to tune a piano or a violin. `` Tune your harps.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tune \Tune\, n. [A variant of tone.] 1. A sound; a note; a tone. ``The tune of your voices.'' --Shak. 2. (Mus.) a A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See {Air}. b The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others as the piano, or the organ, is not in tune. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. --Shak. 3. Order harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tune \Tune\, v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her --Drayton. 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words to hum. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tune n : a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: {melody}, {air}, {strain}, {melodic line}, {line}, {melodic phrase}] v 1: adjust for functioning; "tune the engine" [syn: {tune up}] 2: of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned" [syn: {tune up}] [ant: {untune}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: tune vt [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters designed as {hook}s for tuning, e.g., by changing `#define' lines in C. One may `tune for time' (fastest execution), `tune for space' (least memory use), or `tune for configuration' (most efficient use of hardware). See {bum}, {hot spot}, {hand-hacking}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: tune(From musical, possibly via automotive, usage) To {optimise} a program or system for a particular environment, especially by adjusting numerical parameters designed as {hooks} for tuning, e.g. by changing "#define" lines in C. One may "tune for time" (fastest execution), "tune for space" (least memory use), or "tune for configuration" (most efficient use of hardware). See {bum}, {hot spot}, {hand-hacking}. [{Jargon File}] (1999-06-05)
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