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tuning fork

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
tuning fork noun
plural tuning forks
tuning fork
noun
plural tuning forks
Learner's definition of TUNING FORK
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: a metal device that has two long points, that produces a particular note when it is hit, and that is used to tune musical instruments音叉

tuning fork

noun

: a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning musical instruments and ascertaining standard pitch

Illustration of tuning fork

Illustration of tuning fork

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The company acquired a new MEMS rate gyroscope technology concept based on a Coriolis force tuning fork, but the technology had yet to be commercialized for high volume production. Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes, 12 July 2022 This batch manufacturing, together with laser trimming and electronically programming calibration techniques, radically reduced the cost per tuning fork. Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes, 12 July 2022 The Collins—a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water—is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer’s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 21 May 2022 As in the movie, Black Bolt wears a tuning fork on his forehead to help channel his powers. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 6 May 2022 The finish lingers like the clear pitch of a tuning fork. Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 The first is plush velvet, the second taut and clear as a high C struck on a tuning fork. Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 Starting next week, the sound of Kondo’s delicate hand striking a crystal with a tuning fork to energetically clear a space will become a similarly ubiquitous mental device. Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021 Helm has described the barn and the on-site Levon Helm Studios as a tuning fork for musicians, a magical conduit into the heart of creativity. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tuning fork was in 1799

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