meaning of tune

1. A sound; a note; a tone.
2. A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.
3. The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
4. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
5. 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.
6. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
7. To sing with melody or harmony.
8. To put into a proper state or disposition.
9. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
10. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
11. tune From musical, possibly via automotive, usage To optimise a program or system for a particular environment, especially by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e. g. by changing "#define" lines in C. One may "tune for time" fastest execution, "tune for space" least memory use, or "tune for configuration" most efficient use of hardware. See bum, hot spot, hand-hacking. [Jargon File]
12. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

Related Words

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