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fine-tune, v. orig. U.S.
Also fine tune.
[Back-formation from fine tuning vbl. n.]
a. trans. To adjust (an instrument, measurement, etc.) very precisely.
1969Program & Abstr. URSI Spring Meeting (U.S. National Comm.) 81 The operation of the all-pass network will be explained..including..how to measure and fine tune such structures. 1975New Yorker 31 Mar. 26/3 Normally, we only change the pressurization in the cabin every thousand feet.., but after he let out that holler we fine-tuned the pressurization all the way. 1979Sci. Amer. Sept. 8/2 In each generating plant there is a pendulum-regulated clock that fine-tunes the speed of the alternators to exactly 60 hertz before they are put on line. 1980SLR Camera July 39/1 The most useful filters to carry with you are all gentle in their effects and are for fine tuning the tonal and colour response of the film. 1982Sci. Amer. Nov. 148/3 Two other effects may be said to ‘fine-tune’ the drumhead frequencies, because their role is minor compared with the effect of air-mass loading.
b. fig. To make delicate adjustments to (the economy, a situation) so as to bring about a desired improvement.
1969Washington Post 16 Apr. a23/3 To say that we can ‘fine-tune’ the economy so that the addition of another $1 billion or so in surplus makes a difference—we're not that smart. 1971Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 15 We delude ourselves if we believe that we can neatly fine-tune the money supply or interest rates precisely as we would like. 1977Nat. Westminster Bank Q. Rev. Aug. 8 Macro economic management..has tended to exacerbate this problem with clumsy attempts at ‘fine tuning’ the economy by innumerable changes in monetary and fiscal measures. 1983Listener 15 Sept. 6/3 It's not on if you're seriously trying to fine-tune a superpower confrontation in such a way that you can stop short of something nasty happening. 1984Times 26 Nov. 17/1 (heading) Fed fails to fine tune economy. |