Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tuned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tuned
adj 1: (music) brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the
attuned instruments" [syn: {attuned}]
2: so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony;
"an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a
remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to
the amount a student can afford" [syn: {attuned}, {keyed}]
3: (music) tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow
modulation into other keys
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