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tuning fork From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Musictuning forkˈtuning fork noun [countable] APMa small U-shaped steel instrument that makes a particular musical note when you hit itExamples from the Corpustuning fork• A gravitational wave at the natural frequency for longitudinal oscillations of the bar would set it ringing like a tuning fork.• Didymograptus species of this type have a distinctive shape like a tuning fork.• I trembled like a tuning fork, but my shoulder fakes absorbed the worst of the shaking. |