detuned

Meaning of detuned

verb, past tense
  1. cause (a musical instrument) to become out of tune.
    I'm off to detune my guitar and annoy the neighbours
    detuned guitars that sound like they were strung with barbed wire
  2. reduce the performance or efficiency of (a motor vehicle or engine) by adjustment.
    we've detuned the engines a bit for reliability
    a detuned version of a professional rally racer
  3. change the frequency of (an oscillatory system such as a laser) away from a state of resonance.
    diode lasers can be detuned faster than standard lasers

Information about detuned

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of detuned

de-tuned

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • detuned is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with detuned

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