Definitions
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- verb music To intentionally lower or raise the
pitch produced by amusical instrument . Often done to produce sounds not normally possible, or in the case of stringed instruments to reduce tension for the purposes of shipping or maintenance. - verb electronics To alter the
capacitance of a circuit such that its resonant frequency differs from the incoming frequency.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He set up a circuit mask that would detune his awareness of her physical features and prevent him from re - acting to them, but there was no simple way to do the same for his emotion.
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With the EBow we have to find the best place to put it and we used that as a sound we could detune to other notes.
Jane Chapman Rocks the Harpsichord Andi Spicer 2009
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Technology can detune us from the rest of the natural world.
Archive 2009-05-01 floreta 2009
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Technology can detune us from the rest of the natural world.
Is Technology Making Us Dumb? floreta 2009
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So many ways to detune, though, to get the best out of it, I don't know if the average synth nut would have the know-how to harmonize with such a beast.
Do you have any idea what synths actually sound like... 2005
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Maybe I'll switch to playing marimba: it's hard to detune a bar of brass with a padded mallet, and I've got the space now in the house.
are.you.a.dj? badger 2002
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He began to detune the banjo, taking the tension off the remaining strings.
Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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Rom lasers, warp-accelerated into the delta frequencies, stabbed up, to detune against shields.
The Final Reflection John M. Ford 2000
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He set up a circuit mask that would detune his awareness of her physical features and prevent him from re - acting to them, but there was no simple way to do the same for his emotion.
Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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No sensible engine detune, not even chassis changes to slow and stabilise the handling.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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