tunedadj.
/tjuːnd/poetic./ˈtjuːnɪd/ 1. Put in tune, sounded musically, etc. (see the verb): usually with qualifying word (in which case sometimes from the noun = having a specified ‘tune’ or tone); also with adverb.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > having musical sound
tuned1579
fine-tuned1661
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 26v Straunge doctrine and new tuned opinions.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lvii. 33 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 60 To spread thy praise With tuned laies.
1598 Mucedorus sig. A2 Sound foorth Bellonas siluer tuned strings.
1674 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 7) 58 The Dorick Mood consisted of sober slow Tun'd [1654 etc. timed] Notes (Counterpoint).
1746–7 J. Hervey Among Tombs in Medit. (1767) I. 37 Their Inclinations were nicely-tuned Unisons, and all their conversation was Harmony.
1908 Daily Report 31 Aug. 9/1 The professional rider on a specially tuned-up machine [motor].
2.
a. Electronics. Adjusted so as to resonate at a particular frequency; forming part of a circuit so adjusted. Also transferred.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [adjective] > tuned
tuned1899
slugged1906
single-tuned1947
stagger-tuned1947
slug-tuned1979
1899 J. J. Fahie Hist. Wireless Telegr. 182 The circuits are said to be in resonance, or to be electrically tuned.
1907 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 358 It consists in producing electric waves similar to light waves, and in detecting them at a distance by means of a tuned or ‘syntonized’ receiver.
1928 Observer 17 June 26/3 The most efficient inductance to use in a ‘tuned anode’, radio-frequency amplifying circuit is one wound with ‘Litz’ wire.
1936 Discovery June 197/2 This is of importance in short-wave technique, seeing that condensation is constantly varying the capacity of the tuned circuit.
1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xiv. 328 Two types of high-frequency amplifiers are in general use, tuned amplifiers and untuned wide-band or video amplifiers.
1971 Nature 3 Dec. 256/1 In Diptera, the antennae are the principal organs of hearing and are tuned and directional.
1980 K. J. Bohlman Colour & Mono Television I. viii. 97 At Band 4 and 5 frequencies, conventional L, C tuning circuits are not practical... Fortunately..it is possible to use tuned transmission lines.
b. Having one's radio or television tuned (in) to a particular station; esp. in imperative phrase stay tuned, go on listening to this station.
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society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [adjective] > having one's set tuned to specific channel
tuned1956
society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [phrase] > go on listening
stay tuned1956
1956 Amer. Speech 31 258 Stay tuned for Roy Neal and his program.
1970 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June 1/1 13 million American homes are tuned in via ABC-TV to a previously taped episode of Mr Welk's 15-year-old show.
1972 Guardian 8 Jan. 8/3 Our own Keith Dewhurst..had stayed tuned for this unique blend.
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon viii. 152 She fiddled with volume control in order to get him satisfactorily tuned in.
c. tuned in (figurative): (a) in rapport with, in harmony with; const. to, on; (b) (slang) = switched-on at switched adj. 3b.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]
samtalec1175
samentalea1300
accordingc1300
accordantc1350
covenablec1384
concordable1393
accorda1413
suant1418
consonant1489
convenablea1500
concordant1512
semblable1513
convenient1526
modulatec1530
harmonical1531
harmoniacal1536
agreeable1540
concurrent1542
suitable1568
concinne1569
harmonial1569
sympathical1570
tunable1573
coherenta1575
conspiring1576
well-consenting1579
well-consorted1583
congruous1599
high-tuned1603
symbolizing1611
unjarring1620
concording1627
congruenta1637
harmonious1638
friendlya1641
unclashing1642
complying1646
symphoniacal1650
consistent1651
consentaneous1652
consentivea1657
symbolical1667
concordiousa1670
sympathetic1673
congenerous1677
symbolizant1685
congenial1693
symphonious1743
harmonic1756
concentual1782
undiscordant1819
concordial1822
attuned1833
connate1836
sympathetical1848
concentuous1850
consenting1858
consilient1867
tuned in1958
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > in agreement or harmony (with) [phrase]
in onea1400
according1523
in unison1604
of a piece1607
in concert1618
in consort1634
in tone1647
at unison1661
of a piece with1665
true1735
in suit with1797
in harmony1816
of a suit with1886
in tune1887
in key1919
tuned in1958
all-of-a-piece1960
1958 Oxf. Mag. 1 May 398/1 It took us some time to get tuned in... Everyone was saying how much better the second half was than the first... Had we just begun to get the wave-length?.. A minor triumph in the difficult art of getting acquainted.
1963 N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) i. 29 I miss..the way people think. All the same, it's fun trying to get tuned-in.
1968 P. Brook Empty Space iii. 85 It is perhaps for this reason that..the pop tradition in England has such wide appeal: non-political, unaligned, it is none the less tuned in on a fragmented world in which bombs, drugs, God, parents, sex, and private anxieties, are inseparable.
1972 D. Haston In High Places xii. 143 I'd walk alone, slowly shaking off the delights of civilization and getting completely tuned in once again to a mountain environment.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 12/2 This is a regional museum tuned in to the story of man's relationship to the wilderness.
1977 Hudson Rev. Spring 69 I thought he'd be some kind of creep, instead I meet this really sweet cat... He's really tuned in.
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