Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tuning"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tuning \Tun"ing\,
a. & n. from {Tune}, v.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tuning
n : calibrating something (a musical instrument or electronic
circuit) to a standard frequency
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