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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To further develop the engine, the team plans to investigate light-emitting materials with shorter fluorescence lifetimes and tunable emission bandwidths, which can further speed up data rates. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026 The Pro version has 1.6 trillion parameters, the tunable knobs within a neural network that serve as a measure of a model’s size, and a context length of 1 million tokens. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 The experimental approach hinges on tunable qubits, the fundamental building blocks of IQM’s quantum processors. John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Tantawi’s findings allowed scientists to precisely control how energy is delivered to particles—paving the way for compact, efficient, and finely tunable machines. IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tunable

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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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 28 May. 2026.

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