• Tunable

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈtjuːnÉ™b(É™)l/

    Origin

    From tune + -able.

    Full definition of tunable

    Adjective

    tunable

    1. (now rare) Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. from 16th c.
      • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 147-8:Then doe all with a tunable voice of shouting bid him welcome.
      • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisabury, I:she rather chose to follow the Fortunes of a Wheel-Barrow, than those of a Distaff; daily, charming the Ears of the Publick with the Tuneable and Melodious Cry, of, Come who throws here? Who ventures for an ORANGE?
    2. Able to be tuned. from 18th c.
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