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  3  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]: 
 
  Tuning  \Tun"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Tune},  v. 
 
  {Tuning  fork}  (Mus.),  a  steel  instrument  consisting  of  two 
  prongs  and  a  handle,  which  being  struck,  gives  a  certain 
  fixed  tone.  It  is  used  for  tuning  instruments,  or  for 
  ascertaining  the  pitch  of  tunes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tuning 
  n  :  calibrating  something  (a  musical  instrument  or  electronic 
  circuit)  to  a  standard  frequency 




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