tune

tune
    n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
         was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: {tune}, {melody},
         {air}, {strain}, {melodic line}, {line}, {melodic phrase}]
    2: the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch;
       "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
    3: the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a
       required frequency
    v 1: adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn:
         {tune}, {tune up}]
    2: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs
       to be tuned" [syn: {tune}, {tune up}] [ant: {untune}]
    

Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), n. [A variant of tone.]
   1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices."
      --Shak.
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   2. (Mus.)
      (a) 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}.
      (b) 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.
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                Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or
      humor; right mood.
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            A child will learn three times as much when he is in
            tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to
            [his task].                           --Locke.
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Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned} (t[=u]nd); 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.
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   2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to
      make harmonious.
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            For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton.
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   3. To sing with melody or harmony.
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            Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow,
            Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
                                                  --Milton.
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   4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak.
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Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), v. i.
   1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical
      sounds.
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            Whilst tuning to the water's fall,
            The small birds sang to her.          --Drayton.
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   2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing
      without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]
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tune
 vt.

   [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system for
   a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters
   designed as {hook}s 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 {hot spot}, {hand-hacking}.
    

tune

   <jargon> (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}]

   (1999-06-05)
    

171 Moby Thesaurus words for "tune":
      French pitch, accommodate, accord, accordance, adapt, adjust,
      adjust to, agreement, air, align, aria, assimilate, assonate,
      atone, attend to, attune, attunement, be aware of, be blind to,
      be harmonious, be in tune, blend, calibrate, canto, cantus,
      capacitate, carol, chant, chart, chime, chiming, chord, chorus,
      classical pitch, codify, composition, concentus, concert, concord,
      concordance, condition, conform, conformity, consonance,
      consonancy, consort, coordinate, correspondence, cut to, depth,
      descant, dial, diapason, disregard, dulcetness, enable, equalize,
      equip, euphony, extent, fit, fix, furnish, gear to, harmonics,
      harmonize, harmony, heavy harmony, height, high pitch, homologate,
      homologize, homophony, ignore, integrate, key, key to, lay, line,
      listen to, low pitch, magnitude, make plumb, make uniform, matter,
      measure, mellifluence, mellifluousness, melodia, melodic line,
      melodiousness, melodize, melody, methodize, monochord, monody,
      motif, musical quality, musical sound, musicality, musicalize,
      neighborhood, new philharmonic pitch, normalize, note, number,
      organize, pay attention to, philharmonic pitch,
      philosophical pitch, piece, pitch, plan, proportion, put in trim,
      put in tune, qualify, range, rationalize, reconcile, rectify,
      refrain, register, regularize, regulate, right, routinize, set,
      set right, settle, similarize, solo, solo part, song, soprano part,
      sound in tune, sound together, standard pitch, standardize, strain,
      string, suit, sweetness, symphonize, symphony, sync, synchronism,
      synchronization, synchronize, systematize, tailor, theme,
      three-part harmony, tonality, tone, tone down, tone up, treble,
      trim to, true, true up, tune out, tune up, tunefulness, understand,
      unison, unisonance, vicinity, vocalize, voice, warble