Tune (2)
Tune, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tuned (?); 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 ton...
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Tune (3)
Tune (?), v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.Whilst tuning to the water's fall,The small birds sang to her. Drayton.2. To utter inarticulate...
Tuneful
Tune″ful (?), a. Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. “ Tuneful birds.” Milton. — Tune″ful‐ly, adv. — Tune″ful‐ness, n.
Tuneless
Tune″less, a. 1. Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. “ Thy tuneless serenade.” Cowley.How often have I led thy sportive choir,With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! ...
Tuner
Tun″er (?), n. One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
Tungstate
Tung″state (?), n. [Cf. F. tungstate.] (Chem.) A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.
Tungsten
Tung″sten (?), n. [Sw. tungsten (cf. Dan. tungsteen, G. tungstein); tung heavy (akin to Dan. tung, Icel. þungr) + sten stone. See Stone.] 1. (Chem.) A rare element of the chromi...
Tungsten lamp
Tung″sten lamp. An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refractory nature of the metal, may be maintained at a very high temperatur...
Tungsten steel
Tungsten steel. (Metal.) A steel containing a small amount of tungsten, noted for tenacity and hardness, even under a considerable degree of heat. Magnets made of it are said to...
Tungstenic
Tung‐sten″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.
Tungstic
Tung″stic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.Tungstic acid, an acid of tungsten, H2WO4, analogous ...
Tungstite
Tung″stite (?), n.(Min.) The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
Tunguses
Tun‐gus″es (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written also Tungooses.]
Tungusic
Tun‐gus″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
Tunhoof
Tun″hoof′ (?), n. [Cf. Aleboof.] (Bot.) Ground ivy; alehoof.
Tunic
Tu″nic (?), n. [L. tunica: cf. F. tunique.]1. (Rom. Antiq.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below t...
Tunicary
Tu″ni‐ca‐ry (?), n.; pl.Tunicaries (#). [L. tunica a tunic.] (Zoöl.) One of the Tunicata.
Tunicata
‖Tu′ni‐ca″ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Tunicate.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by so...
Tunicate
{ Tu″ni‐cate (?), Tu″ni‐ca′ted (?), } a. [L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.] 1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with lay...
Tunicate (2)
Tu″ni‐cate (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Tunicata.
Tunicin
Tu″ni‐cin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the ve...
Tunicle
Tu″ni‐cle (?), n. [L. tunicula a little tunic, coat, or membrane, dim. of tunica a tunic: cf. OF. tunicle.] 1. A slight natural covering; an integument.The tunicles that make th...
Tuning
Tun″ing (?), a. & n. from Tune, v.Tuning fork(Mus.), a steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone. It is used for tu...
Tunk
Tunk (?), n. A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]
Tunker
Tun″ker (?), n.(Eccl.) Same as Dunker.
Tunnage
Tun″nage (?; 48), n. [From Tun; cf. Tonnage.] See Tonnage.
Tunnel
Tun″nel (?), n.. [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; — so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape...