Term: tuning: (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
Candidate hypernym: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument → 1
Candidate hypernym: opalescence: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrocolloid: a substance that forms a gel with water → 0
Candidate hypernym: amphibrach: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') → 0
Candidate hypernym: psychotic depression: a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments → 0
Candidate hypernym: progenitor: an ancestor in the direct line → 0
Candidate hypernym: northeast by east: the compass point that is one point east of northeast → 0
Candidate hypernym: heparin: a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground bass: a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated → 0
Candidate hypernym: tempter: a person who tempts others → 0
Candidate hypernym: passer: (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass → 0