'Tuning' definitions:
Definition of 'tuning'
From: WordNet
noun
(music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
Definition of 'Tuning'
From: GCIDE
- Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tuned (t[=u]nd); 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. [1913 Webster]
- For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To sing with melody or harmony. [1913 Webster]
- Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tuning'
From: GCIDE
- Tuning \Tun"ing\ (t[=u]n"[i^]ng), a. & n. from Tune, v. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]