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🎸 To change tuning 🚗 To lower power 📻 To misadjust
to detune

to detune

7.4
To change a device so it no longer operates at one frequency
  • verb
  • /dɪˈtun/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desintonizar
  • Operating in a mode in which the cavity is slightly detuned from the qubit transition frequency is potentially more useful.

Examples

  • He needs to detune his radio to pick up the local station better.

  • After making adjustments, she realized she had to detune the antenna for it to work properly.

  • To improve performance, the technician decided to detune the device slightly.

Antonyms

to calibrate
  • Specialized
36 6.0

Adjust a measuring instrument so it gives accurate results

How Tuned

tune
  • Specialized
109 4.9
to detune
  • Specialized
7.4

Surface Forms

detune infinitive
detuned past
detuned past participle
detuning present participle
detunes third person singular

Morphology

detune = tune (transparent) = de + tune

The prefix 'de-' straightforwardly reverses the state of being tuned, yielding 'make not tuned' for a device.

Etymology

Detune comes from the prefix de- meaning 'remove' and the word tune meaning 'set to a pitch or frequency'. So to detune a radio or antenna is to 'remove the tuning' so it is not set to one specific frequency.