tuner (redirected from tuners)

tun·er  (tnr, ty-)

n.

1. One that tunes: a piano tuner.

2. A device for tuning, especially an electronic circuit or device used to select signals at a specific radio frequency for amplification and conversion to sound.

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tuner [ˈtjuːnə]

n

1. (Business / Professions) a person who tunes instruments, esp pianos

2. (Electronics) the part of a radio or television receiver for selecting only those signals having a particular frequency

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tuner - someone who tunes pianos             piano tuner skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	2.	tuner - an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, radio, wireless amplifier - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it clock radio - a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically crystal set - an early radio receiver using a crystal detector detector - electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity demodulator, detector - rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave heterodyne receiver, superhet, superheterodyne receiver - a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified push-button radio - a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons radio, wireless - a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph - electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals

Translations

tuner [ˈtjuːnəʳ] N

1. (Rad) (= knob, equipment) → sintonizador m

2. (= person) → afinador/a m/f
see also piano

tuner [ˈtjuːnə^r] n

[radio] → tuner m, syntoniseur m

piano tuner → accordeur/euse m/f de pianos
tuner amplifier n → ampli-tuner m

tuner

n

(Mus) → Stimmer(in) m(f)

(Rad etc: = part of set) → Empfangsteil nt; (= separate set) → Empfänger m, → Tuner m

tuner [ˈtjuːnəʳ] n

a. (Radio) (control) → sintonizzatore m, tuner m inv

b. (also piano tuner) → accordatore/trice di pianoforte