Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, process, or result of adjusting the intonation of a musical instrument.
- noun In electricity, the adjustment of a circuit, as to capacity and inductance, so that electrical oscillations induced in it shall agree in frequency with those in another circuit or circuits.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
tune , v. - (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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Action of the verb to tune. - noun The
calibration of amusical instrument to astandard pitch . - noun engineering The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.
- verb Present participle of
tune .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
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Examples
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Deal is, fine tuning is mere acknowledgement of specific physical values consistent with existence of life.
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Careful and precise tuning is the key to making field point and broadheads hit in the same spot.
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To me, part of this fine-tuning is the way teachers customise certain tasks so as to encourage learners to exceed their present competence – i.e. ‘push’.
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Careful and precise tuning is the key to making field point and broadheads hit in the same spot.
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The bottom line is that True Blood doesn't have an interesting story as a whole and could potentially force me to lose interest in tuning in more.
True Blood Review 2008
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Behe seems to think that there is an extended fine tuning from the beginning where some of the complex structures and processes (that he thinks couldn't come about randomly) were "preprogrammed" (my term) from the beginning.
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After all, the typical response to questions of cosmological fine tuning is to increase the opportunities for extremely low odds to come into play.
Assessing Causality 2008
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They also act within the law, pharmacoms and patent law being a clear example of where tuning is important.
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Clemens and the Yankees said they aren't sure when he will begin tuning up with minor league starts, but he hopes to join the rotation by June 1 — just in time for the Yankees 'three-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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Susskind invoking multiple universes to explain fine tuning adds credibility to the contention that fine tuning is a real problem.
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