mistunev.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈtjuːn/,

/ˌmɪsˈtʃuːn/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈt(j)un/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and tune v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, tune v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + tune v., although attested slightly earlier.

†1. intransitive. To be out of tune, sound dissonantly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 245 And to the goddes that Fame hyght..I beseche for help..that the brasyn trumpe of obloqui, For my rudeness, mystune noght in no company.

a. transitive. To put out of tune, make discordant; to perform (music) out of tune; to tune (a musical instrument) wrongly.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] > put out of tune

mistunea1523

untune1598

distune1605

disattune1853

a1523 W. Cornishe Treat. Trouth & Information in J. Skelton Wks. (1568) sig. Z v^v If he [sc. the harper] play wrong, good tunes he doth lette Or by mystunyng the very trew armonye.

a1523 W. Cornishe Treat. Trouth & Information in J. Skelton Wks. (1568) sig. Zvi Any Instrument mystunyd shall hurt a trew song.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiii. 385 A Song mistuned, or a Gambauld misbegun.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Diatonic Ptolemy's tetrachords are so mis-tuned, that Salinas has charged him with having had no ear.

1883 Knowledge 25 May 315/1 With the pianoforte tuned (or, one might say, mistuned) to equal temperament.

1995 Wired Jan. 138/3 A technique called ‘scordatura’, in which the instruments' strings are deliberately mistuned according to the needs of each piece.

b. transitive. figurative.

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a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. vii, in Wks. (1640) III Where for want of one [sc. an accent], the word is in danger to be mis-tuned.

1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iv. 111 The body, by long ails mistun'd.

1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia II. 151 Idly do our sages cry out against the poets for mistuning the heart.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural ii. 46 A scheme unstrung and mistuned.

3. transitive. To tune (radio equipment, etc.) wrongly.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (transitive)] > tune

tune1887

attune1899

to tune out1908

to tune in1913

mistune1914

1914 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. 134 In the Telefunken transmitter the circuits are slightly mistuned, the aerial circuit having a free wave length about 2 per cent. higher than that of the primary circuit.

1933 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 141 709 If, however, the aerials are mistuned,..then when the e.m.fs. in the aerials are 90° out of phase, the currents in the two aerials will be in phase.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 It is possible to mistune a stereo transmission and collect a terrific amount of sideband noise.

Derivatives

misˈtuning n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > tuning or mistuning

tuning1899

tune1909

mistuning1914

fine tuning1915

synchronization1932

synchronizing1943

1914 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. 134 In the Telefunken transmitter the circuits are slightly mistuned..and this mistuning is increased with the closeness of the coupling.

1930 Science 14 Nov. 503/2 Mistuning in all regions is to them [sc. musicians] a purely relative matter.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 The quality of f.m. is significantly impaired by even slight mistuning.

1987 W. J. Firth Chaos (BNC) 140 A laser (without injected signal) necessarily operates at a frequency such that the total mistuning..is equal to zero.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mistune
释义	mistunev. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈtjuːn/, /ˌmɪsˈtʃuːn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈt(j)un/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and tune v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, tune v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + tune v., although attested slightly earlier. †1. intransitive. To be out of tune, sound dissonantly. Obsolete. ΚΠ J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 245 And to the goddes that Fame hyght..I beseche for help..that the brasyn trumpe of obloqui, For my rudeness, mystune noght in no company. 2. a. transitive. To put out of tune, make discordant; to perform (music) out of tune; to tune (a musical instrument) wrongly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] > put out of tune mistunea1523 untune1598 distune1605 disattune1853 a1523 W. Cornishe Treat. Trouth & Information in J. Skelton Wks. (1568) sig. Z v^v If he [sc. the harper] play wrong, good tunes he doth lette Or by mystunyng the very trew armonye. a1523 W. Cornishe Treat. Trouth & Information in J. Skelton Wks. (1568) sig. Zvi Any Instrument mystunyd shall hurt a trew song. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiii. 385 A Song mistuned, or a Gambauld misbegun. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Diatonic Ptolemy's tetrachords are so mis-tuned, that Salinas has charged him with having had no ear. 1883 Knowledge 25 May 315/1 With the pianoforte tuned (or, one might say, mistuned) to equal temperament. 1995 Wired Jan. 138/3 A technique called ‘scordatura’, in which the instruments' strings are deliberately mistuned according to the needs of each piece. b. transitive. figurative. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. vii, in Wks. (1640) III Where for want of one [sc. an accent], the word is in danger to be mis-tuned. 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iv. 111 The body, by long ails mistun'd. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia II. 151 Idly do our sages cry out against the poets for mistuning the heart. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural ii. 46 A scheme unstrung and mistuned. 3. transitive. To tune (radio equipment, etc.) wrongly. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > communicate by radio [verb (transitive)] > tune tune1887 attune1899 to tune out1908 to tune in1913 mistune1914 1914 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. 134 In the Telefunken transmitter the circuits are slightly mistuned, the aerial circuit having a free wave length about 2 per cent. higher than that of the primary circuit. 1933 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 141 709 If, however, the aerials are mistuned,..then when the e.m.fs. in the aerials are 90° out of phase, the currents in the two aerials will be in phase. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 It is possible to mistune a stereo transmission and collect a terrific amount of sideband noise. Derivatives misˈtuning n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > tuning or mistuning tuning1899 tune1909 mistuning1914 fine tuning1915 synchronization1932 synchronizing1943 1914 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. 134 In the Telefunken transmitter the circuits are slightly mistuned..and this mistuning is increased with the closeness of the coupling. 1930 Science 14 Nov. 503/2 Mistuning in all regions is to them [sc. musicians] a purely relative matter. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 The quality of f.m. is significantly impaired by even slight mistuning. 1987 W. J. Firth Chaos (BNC) 140 A laser (without injected signal) necessarily operates at a frequency such that the total mistuning..is equal to zero. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1449
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