tunern.

Brit.

/ˈtjuːnə/,

/ˈtʃuːnə/, U.S.

/ˈt(j)unər/

Etymology: < tune v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which tunes.

a. One who produces or utters musical sounds; a player or singer. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun]

musiciana1398

musickerc1450

music man1569

tuner1579

harmonian1603

minstrel1718

musico1724

harmonist1742

performer1776

executanta1859

musicist1873

melodizer1890

tunester1903

muso1967

muso1977

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 26 A doleful tuner.

1627 M. Drayton Shepheards Sirena in Battaile Agincourt 147 Our mournefull Philomell, that rarest Tuner.

b. One who gives a particular (vocal) tone to something. rare.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > one who adopts particular intonation

tuner1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 27 The Poxe of such limping antique affecting fantasticoes these new tuners of accents.

a. One who tunes a musical instrument; spec. whose occupation is to tune pianos or organs. Also figurative.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner

tuner1786

tunist18..

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuner, one whose profession it is to rectify the false sounds of musical instruments.

1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 11 June 521/1 Lord Surrey passes as the tuner of our English.

1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lix. Introd. 74 Affliction is the tuner of the harps of sanctified songsters.

1883 Godden in Knowledge 25 May 315/2 This [interval] is so equally dispersed by good tuners as to be almost imperceptible.

b. A workman employed to ‘tune’ a loom: see tune v. 1d.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other people involved with weaving

pattern-maker1787

reader1839

pattern reader1858

tackler1864

healder?1881

loomer1881

setter-up?1881

taper?1881

tuner1885

tape-sizer1891

intaker1921

1885 Scotsman 26 Aug. 3/6 Tweed Trade—Wanted..An assistant power-loom tuner.

1888 Engineering 20 Jan. 69 Mules and looms..in the charge of men known as ‘tuners’.

c. An adjustable flap or opening in a flue-pipe of an organ, by means of which it is tuned (cf. tuning-hole n. at tuning n. Compounds 2).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ

tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1891 in Cent. Dict.

3. Any device for varying the frequency to which a radio or television is tuned; spec. a separate unit for detecting and preamplifying the programme signal and supplying it to an audio amplifier. Also tuner unit.

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society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier

tuner1909

tuner-amplifier1970

tuner-amp1975

1909 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. (ed. 2) 148 Another instrument..has been designed quite recently (1908). It is called the tuner and contains the inductances, capacities, and coupling arrangements required in a tuned receiving station.

1910 J. A. Fleming Electr. Wave Telegr. (ed. 2) 807 This Marconi tuner consists of a box which is provided with three adjustable condensers and five adjustable inductance coils.

1913 Wireless World Nov. 499 The aerial and earth should be connected to the terminals of the tuner marked ‘Aerial’ and ‘Earth’ respectively.

1925 W. Greenwood Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. & Telephony vi. 122 (heading) The tuner portion of a receiving circuit.

1925 W. Greenwood Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. & Telephony vi. 124 The various tuning inductances and condensers are often assembled in a separate box called the ‘tuner’.

1926 S. O. Pearson Dict. Wireless Terms 136 Multiple Tuner, a highly selective tuning arrangement consisting usually of three tuned circuits.

1953 E. T. Canby Home Mus. Syst. iii. 37 There are separate units that combine numerous functions: AM-FM radio tuners;..separate AM tuners and FM tuners; [etc.].

1959 Listener 26 Mar. 541/2 There is no substitute for a high-quality FM tuner unit.

1967 Listener 30 Mar. 424/1 Some parts of the [television] receiver, such as..the tuner unit, and the box, will cost no more than in a black-and-white receiver.

1970 Which? Apr. 115/1 Most of the tuners had a device to show when you were exactly tuned to a station.

1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird vi. 127 Priest rotated the tuner on his receiver until he was listening to the police frequency.

Compounds

tuner-amp n. = tuner-amplifier n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier

tuner1909

tuner-amplifier1970

tuner-amp1975

1975 Hi-Fi Answers Feb. 49/1 Your choice of possible tuner-amps is limited by your requirement for an MW section.

tuner-amplifier n. a combined radio tuner and amplifier; cf. receiver n.¹ 6d.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier

tuner1909

tuner-amplifier1970

tuner-amp1975

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers i. 21 The tuner-amplifier is a new breed of hi-fi equipment.

1979 J. Gardner Nostradamus Traitor xi. 37 A big reel-to-reel tape machine..was linked to a tuner/amplifier set to a pre-selected clear channel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tuner
释义	tunern. Brit. /ˈtjuːnə/, /ˈtʃuːnə/, U.S. /ˈt(j)unər/ Etymology: < tune v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which tunes. 1. a. One who produces or utters musical sounds; a player or singer. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] musiciana1398 musickerc1450 music man1569 tuner1579 harmonian1603 minstrel1718 musico1724 harmonist1742 performer1776 executanta1859 musicist1873 melodizer1890 tunester1903 muso1967 muso1977 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 26 A doleful tuner. 1627 M. Drayton Shepheards Sirena in Battaile Agincourt 147 Our mournefull Philomell, that rarest Tuner. b. One who gives a particular (vocal) tone to something. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > one who adopts particular intonation tuner1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 27 The Poxe of such limping antique affecting fantasticoes these new tuners of accents. View more context for this quotation 2. a. One who tunes a musical instrument; spec. whose occupation is to tune pianos or organs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner tuner1786 tunist18.. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuner, one whose profession it is to rectify the false sounds of musical instruments. 1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 11 June 521/1 Lord Surrey passes as the tuner of our English. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lix. Introd. 74 Affliction is the tuner of the harps of sanctified songsters. 1883 Godden in Knowledge 25 May 315/2 This [interval] is so equally dispersed by good tuners as to be almost imperceptible. b. A workman employed to ‘tune’ a loom: see tune v. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other people involved with weaving pattern-maker1787 reader1839 pattern reader1858 tackler1864 healder?1881 loomer1881 setter-up?1881 taper?1881 tuner1885 tape-sizer1891 intaker1921 1885 Scotsman 26 Aug. 3/6 Tweed Trade—Wanted..An assistant power-loom tuner. 1888 Engineering 20 Jan. 69 Mules and looms..in the charge of men known as ‘tuners’. c. An adjustable flap or opening in a flue-pipe of an organ, by means of which it is tuned (cf. tuning-hole n. at tuning n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1891 in Cent. Dict. 3. Any device for varying the frequency to which a radio or television is tuned; spec. a separate unit for detecting and preamplifying the programme signal and supplying it to an audio amplifier. Also tuner unit. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier tuner1909 tuner-amplifier1970 tuner-amp1975 1909 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. (ed. 2) 148 Another instrument..has been designed quite recently (1908). It is called the tuner and contains the inductances, capacities, and coupling arrangements required in a tuned receiving station. 1910 J. A. Fleming Electr. Wave Telegr. (ed. 2) 807 This Marconi tuner consists of a box which is provided with three adjustable condensers and five adjustable inductance coils. 1913 Wireless World Nov. 499 The aerial and earth should be connected to the terminals of the tuner marked ‘Aerial’ and ‘Earth’ respectively. 1925 W. Greenwood Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. & Telephony vi. 122 (heading) The tuner portion of a receiving circuit. 1925 W. Greenwood Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. & Telephony vi. 124 The various tuning inductances and condensers are often assembled in a separate box called the ‘tuner’. 1926 S. O. Pearson Dict. Wireless Terms 136 Multiple Tuner, a highly selective tuning arrangement consisting usually of three tuned circuits. 1953 E. T. Canby Home Mus. Syst. iii. 37 There are separate units that combine numerous functions: AM-FM radio tuners;..separate AM tuners and FM tuners; [etc.]. 1959 Listener 26 Mar. 541/2 There is no substitute for a high-quality FM tuner unit. 1967 Listener 30 Mar. 424/1 Some parts of the [television] receiver, such as..the tuner unit, and the box, will cost no more than in a black-and-white receiver. 1970 Which? Apr. 115/1 Most of the tuners had a device to show when you were exactly tuned to a station. 1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird vi. 127 Priest rotated the tuner on his receiver until he was listening to the police frequency. Compounds tuner-amp n. = tuner-amplifier n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier tuner1909 tuner-amplifier1970 tuner-amp1975 1975 Hi-Fi Answers Feb. 49/1 Your choice of possible tuner-amps is limited by your requirement for an MW section. tuner-amplifier n. a combined radio tuner and amplifier; cf. receiver n.¹ 6d. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > equipment > [noun] > tuner or tuner-amplifier tuner1909 tuner-amplifier1970 tuner-amp1975 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers i. 21 The tuner-amplifier is a new breed of hi-fi equipment. 1979 J. Gardner Nostradamus Traitor xi. 37 A big reel-to-reel tape machine..was linked to a tuner/amplifier set to a pre-selected clear channel. 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