Definitions
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- noun A four-hundred and forty
Hertz tone that serves as thestandard formusical pitch , and is the musicalnote A abovemiddle C .
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Examples
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Hard for me to believe that with a "claimed" 300,000 manuals online, there is not one manual for any of the Canon 4 Series digital cameras eg: A440 - A480
ManualsOnline Keeps Your Manuals Organised | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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This is the principle of the tuning fork: Hold a tuning fork tuned to A440 near any musical instrument, play that same note, and the tuning fork will vibrate.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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That EADS A440 sure looks a lot like the old Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
Hibachis and C-17s 2008
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This is the principle of the tuning fork: Hold a tuning fork tuned to A440 near any musical instrument, play that same note, and the tuning fork will vibrate.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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A violin and flute playing A440 are both producing sound pressure waves with a fundamental frequency of 440 cycles per second.
Peer Reviewing Ammann and Wahl #1 – The Correspondence « Climate Audit 2006
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Of course "donner le la" means "to give the A", as an oboe might sound the pitch A440 for the orchestra to tune to.
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Fully regulated, voiced, and tuned to A440, these are very good and fully functioning instruments which just need some minor cosmetic attention that I won't be able to get around to any time soon.
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Among the department store sprees were expense reports for two shops selling expensive items of babies, '' suggesting $US295 [$A440] was spent to accommodate the littlest Palin to join the campaign trail '', Politico said.
The Canberra Times 2008
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But if you can find the right primary source, it’s like tuning to A440 when playing a musical instrument.
Transcript: Stepping Lightly: Historical Fiction, with Caroline Stevermer « Coyote Con 2010
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AEA A440: High End Ribbon Microphone Handles Loud Rooms With No Fuss
Gearwire - 2008
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