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Noun: tuning  t(y)oo-ning
  1. (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
Verb: tune  t(y)oon
  1. Adjust for (better) functioning
    "tune the engine"; "tune up the engine"
    - tune up
     
  2. Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
    "My piano needs to be tuned"; "My piano needs to be tuned up"
    - tune up

Derived forms: tunings

See also: tuner

Type of: adjust, calibration, correct, set, standardisation [Brit], standardization

Antonym: untune

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