Definition of TUNER

Examples of tuner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To the left, a long workbench populated by a drill press, sander, practice amp, screwdrivers, soldering iron, vices and archaic strobe tuner. — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "An Alabama guitar craftsman’s next chapter," 17 Jan. 2020 Yes, here's a Volvo that is a plug-in hybrid, a high-performance sport-ute, and an everyday compact luxury crossover rolled into one by the automaker's in-house tuner, Polestar. — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, "2020 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered Is as Quirky as It Is Handsome," 9 Jan. 2020 But less than half of Chicago-area TV sets had UHF tuners by the time the WFLD deal took effect in 1968. — George Castle, chicagotribune.com, "WGN dignitaries called North Shore home during 72-year run of baseball coverage," 19 Sep. 2019 Unlike those who can barely hold a tune whilst whistling, Lomax hits every note precisely, even going so far as to practice with a frequency tuner to ensure accurate pitch. — Wired, "How to Be a Master Whistle Blower," 14 Nov. 2019 But to pass audio from a TV tuner or pass it through from a device attached to the TV to an A/V receiver, HDMI 1.4 and 2.0 use ARC (Audio Return Channel), which is limited to two channels of 44.1Hz/16-bit uncompressed audio. — Jon L. Jacobi, PCWorld, "HDMI vs. DisplayPort: Which display interface reigns supreme?," 13 Nov. 2019 The narrator has published three novels, all of which revolve around disappearance: a piano tuner whose lover has gone missing, a ballerina who lost a leg, a boy whose chromosomes are being destroyed by a disease. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, "How “The Memory Police” Makes You See," 6 Nov. 2019 So Nicolás lobbied in Congress to require that all TVs offer both tuners. — Los Angeles Times, "Emilio Nicolas Sr., Spanish-language media trailblazer who gave us Univision, dies," 23 Oct. 2019 Here, Tyburski discusses the origins of his house-tuner character, his fascination with sound, and his love of prewar apartments. — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, "Fact or Fiction? How ‘House Tuners’ Fix the Emotional Resonance of Homes," 22 Sep. 2019

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