tuner

/ˈtunər/

/ˈtunə/

Other forms: tuners

A tuner is an electronic device that receives signals and allows you to listen to the radio or watch television. Another kind of tuner is used to adjust the pitch of a musical instrument.

One kind of tuner can receive digital signals so you can watch television, and another kind is built into your car radio. A person can be a tuner too, such as an expert who makes adjustments to a piano's strings until the pitch is correct. There are also small electronic tuners that attach to an instrument like a guitar. Before it meant "instrument adjuster," a tuner was a "musician or singer."

Definitions of tuner

1. noun

   an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
   synonyms: radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, wireless

   types:

   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

   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

   type of:

   receiver, receiving system

   set that receives radio or tv signals
2. noun

   someone who tunes pianos
   synonyms: piano tuner

   type of:

   skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

   a worker who has acquired special skills