tuning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjʉːnɪŋ/

Noun

tuning (plural tunings)

1. Action of the verb to tune.
2. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch.
3. (engineering) The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.

Hyponyms

• engine tuning
• neuronal tuning
• piano tuning

Derived terms

• fine-tuning

Related terms

• tuning fork

Translations

action of the verb to tune

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調整 (zh), 调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)

• Finnish: virittäminen (fi)

• French: réglage (fr) m
• German: Anpassung (de) f
• Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka)

the calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調音 (zh), 调音 (zh) (tiáoyīn)

• Czech: ladění (cs) n
• Finnish: viritys (fi)
• French: accordage (fr) m

• German: Stimmung (de) f
• Japanese: 調律 (ちょうりつ, chōritsu)
• Portuguese: afinação (pt) f
• Russian: настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka)

the adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance

• Finnish: viritys (fi), hienosäätö
• French: paramétrage (fr) m, tuning (fr) m

• Japanese: チューニング (chūningu)
• Russian: тю́нинг (ru) m (tjúning), нала́дка (ru) f (naládka)

Verb

tuning

1. present participle of tune

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French

Noun

tuning m (plural tunings)

1. tuning, personalizing, pimping

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tuning.

Noun

tuning m (uncountable)

1. (Spain) car tuning, modding, pimping

Alternative forms

• tunning