tunable

adjective

tun·​able ˈtü-nə-bəl How to pronounce tunable (audio)
ˈtyü-
1
: capable of being tuned
tunable lasers
2
archaic
a
b
: sounding in tune : concordant
tunability noun
tunableness noun
tunably adverb

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Of course, unlike factory parts, lobster tails aren’t standardized, and instead grow in a variety of dimensions which bend differently, and so the researchers explain that future designs will require tunable controllers and other advanced synthetic augmentation mechanisms. New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025 The team says future work will require tunable control systems and more adaptive augmentation methods. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025 Not all of the risk factors that worsen disease severity are tunable by simply eating better or working out more. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely high porosity. Stavroula Alina Kampouri, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tunable

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of tunable was circa 1500

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“Tunable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tunable. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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