Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being put in tune, or made harmonious.
- Harmonious; musical; tuneful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, some claim that LASIK is actually a bit more "tunable".
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But bending light so that it passes round a region of space and emerges travelling along the same line as it was initially is a difficult trick, requiring an invisibility cloak made from materials with a 'tunable' refractive index.
Invisible Man Almost Visible Staq Mavlen 2006
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Its products include things such as tunable laser transmitters and pump laser chips.
New warning and pounding for optical networkers - MarketWatch 2010
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Fontecchio aims to make a device that is both lightweight and instantly "tunable" for different light signatures
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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One of Sun's perceived strengths was how "tunable" the systems were.
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Their description of a new "tunable" delivery system appears in the current issue of
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Fontecchio aims to make a device that is both lightweight and instantly "tunable" for different light signatures
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Fontecchio aims to make a device that is both lightweight and instantly "tunable" for different light signatures
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Fontecchio aims to make a device that is both lightweight and instantly "tunable" for different light signatures
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Fontecchio aims to make a device that is both lightweight and instantly "tunable" for different light signatures
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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