Term: tuning: (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: opalescence: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: hydrocolloid: a substance that forms a gel with water
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: amphibrach: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: psychotic depression: a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: progenitor: an ancestor in the direct line
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: northeast by east: the compass point that is one point east of northeast
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: 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
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: ground bass: a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: tempter: a person who tempts others
Broader: calibration: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Unrelated: passer: (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass