Tuned
[tjuːnd] or [tjʊnd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tune
Editor: Martin
Examples
- A flash of lightning is liable to give rise to a wave of enormous power which will set half the aerials on the earth vibrating in spite of the differences of pitch to which they are tuned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I shall go to the piano-forte; I have not touched it since it was tuned. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They tuned her voice to the note of torment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Chimes are ordinarily produced mechanically by the strokes of hammers against a series of bells, tuned agreeably to a given musical scale. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Methods of tuning the instruments have been adopted which limit the influence of the currents to properly tuned receivers and in this way some degree of secrecy is attained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Martin