TUNING FORK

Meaning of TUNING FORK in English

a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.

[ 1765-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TUNING FORK — noun Date: 1799 a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning musical …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUNING FORK — noun : a two-pronged metal implement not affected by moderate differences of temperature that gives a persistent fixed tone nearly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUNING FORK — fork that produces a specific musical tone and is used to adjust a musical instrument
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TUNING FORK — Date: 1799 : a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning musical …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUNING FORK — Function: noun Date: 1799 : a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TUNING FORK — ■ noun a two-pronged steel device used for tuning instruments, which vibrates when struck to give a note of specific …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUNING FORK — [tuning fork] n (1799): a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUNING FORK — narrow, two-pronged steel bar that when tuned to a specific musical pitch retains its tuning almost indefinitely. It was apparently …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUNING FORK — noun a small metal instrument with two long parts joined together at one end, that produces a particular musical note …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUNING FORK — ˈtuning fork BrE AmE noun [countable] a small U-shaped steel instrument that makes a particular musical note when you hit …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TUNING FORK — ( tuning forks) A tuning fork is a small steel instrument which is used to tune instruments by striking it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUNING FORK — (~s) A ~ is a small steel instrument which is used to tune instruments by striking it against something to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TUNING FORK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A gravitational wave at the natural frequency for longitudinal oscillations of the bar would set …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TUNING FORK — акуст. камертон камертон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING-FORK — сущ. камертон Syn : diapason, pitchfork, tuning fork камертон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING-FORK — Камертон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING FORK — Камертон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING-FORK — n камертон
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TUNING FORK — 1) камертон 2) эталонный генератор стабильной частоты ( с кварцевым резонатором )
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TUNING FORK — 1) камертон 2) эталонный генератор стабильной частоты (с кварцевым резонатором)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TUNING FORK — акуст. камертон
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TUNING-FORK — камертон
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TUNING FORK — (n) камертон
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TUNING-FORK — n камертон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TUNING-FORK — n камертон
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING FORK — камертон
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TUNING FORK — камертон
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TUNING-FORK — сущ. камертон Syn: diapason , pitchfork , tuning fork
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TUNING-FORK — сущ. камертон Syn: diapason, pitchfork, tuning fork
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TUNING FORK — камертон
Англо-Русский физический словарь
TUNING-FORK — _n. камертон
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TUNING-FORK — n. камертон
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TUNING-FORK — камертон
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TUNING FORK — камертон для исследования слуха
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
TUNING FORK — камертон
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
TUNING FORK — Камертон
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING FORK — Диапазон
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING FORK — камертон
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
TUNING-FORK — [n.] камертон
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
TUNING-FORK — n камертон
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
TUNING-FORK — сущ. камертон Syn : diapason, pitchfork, tuning fork камертон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUNING FORK — акуст. камертон камертон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORK — I. ˈfȯ(ə)rk, ˈfȯ(ə)k noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English forke, from Old English & Old North …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUNING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of tune (II) 1. a. (1) : the act or process of putting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUNING — () a. & n. from Tune, v.
Английский словарь Webster
TUNING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tune
Английский словарь Webster
TUNING — a. & n. from Tune, v.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUNING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Tune
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORK — — forkless , adj. — forklike , adj. /fawrk/ , n. 1. an instrument having two or more prongs or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUNING — n. act of tuning, process of adjusting to match a given standard or pitch
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FORK — I. ˈfȯrk noun Etymology: Middle English forke, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English forca & Anglo-French furke, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUNING — adj & ·noun from tune, v. 2. tuning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of tune.
Webster English vocab
FORK — vi to shoot into blades, as corn. 2. fork ·noun the gibbet. 3. fork ·vi to divide into two or …
Webster English vocab
FORK — [fork] n [ME forke, fr. OE & ONF; OE forca & ONF forque, fr. L furca] (bef. 12c) 1: an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORK — / fɔːk; NAmE fɔːrk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a tool with a handle and three or four sharp …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORK — I. fork 1 S3 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: forca , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TUNING — n. the process or a system of putting a musical instrument in tune. øtuning-fork a two-pronged steel fork that gives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORK — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument with two or more prongs used in eating or cooking. 2 a similar …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUNING — n. the process or a system of putting a musical instrument in tune. tuning-fork a two-pronged steel fork that gives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORK — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument with two or more prongs used in eating or cooking. 2 a similar …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUNING — n. the process or a system of putting a musical instrument in tune. Phrases and idioms: tuning-fork a two-pronged steel …
Oxford English vocab
FORK — n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument with two or more prongs used in eating or cooking. 2 a similar …
Oxford English vocab
FORK — ( forks, forking, forked) 1. A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fork in the road (= a place where a road goes in two …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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