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tuning fork
noun
: a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning musical instruments and ascertaining standard pitch
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Like tuning forks, human nervous systems can harmonize to the dominant frequency in a room.
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Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Each and every one also referred back to vintage as a kind of tuning fork of ideas: John was enthralled with the couture techniques of Vionnet and Charles James, with Savile Row tailoring, with 18th-century decadence spliced with London street culture.
—Amanda Harlech, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Each and every one also referred back to vintage as a kind of tuning fork of ideas: John was enthralled with the couture techniques of Vionnet and Charles James, with Savile Row tailoring, with 18th-century decadence spliced with London street culture.
—Amanda Harlech, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Tuning fork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuning%20fork. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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tuning fork
noun
tun·ing fork
ˈt(y)ün-iŋ- 
: a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck
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