Tuned

v. adjust to obtain correct musical pitch; adjust to improve operation (e.g. a car engine); adjust to obtain operational conditions (e.g. radio frequency); coordinate, make harmonious; make a musical sound; adjust to a different goal or framework

Adjective
1. brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned instruments"
(synonym) attuned
(similar) adjusted
(classification) music
2. so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony; "an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to the amount a student can afford"
(synonym) attuned, keyed
(similar) adjusted
3. tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys
(similar) tempered
(classification) music

Noun
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
(synonym) melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) flourish, fanfare, tucket
(part-meronym) phrase, musical phrase
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
(hypernym) pitch
(derivation) tune up
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
(hypernym) alteration, modification, adjustment
Verb
1. adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
(synonym) tune up
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
(hyponym) fine-tune, tweak
(derivation) tuning
2. of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned"
(synonym) tune up
(antonym) untune
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct

(imp. & p. p.)
of 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)

Synonyms and related words:
accordant, according, assonant, assonantal, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, concordant, consonant, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison, melodic, monodic, monophonic, musical, songful, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, tuneful, unisonant, unisonous