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/tˈunɪŋ fɔrk/ Listen

Tuning fork

noun

A metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments.

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"Tuning fork" Quotes from Famous Books

... that the commutator which produces the successive charges and discharges of the condenser consists of a vibrating tuning fork, we see that the duration of a vibration is equal to the product of the two ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 • Various

... a man of great dignity, with a bristling moustache, who had once been a schoolmaster, led the choir and carried the tenor part. It was no small privilege after the elder had announced the hymn, to see him rise and tap the desk with his tuning fork and hold it to his ear solemnly. Then he would seem to press his chin full hard upon his throat while he warbled a scale. Immediately, soprano, alto, bass and tenor launched forth upon the sea of song. The parts were like the treacherous and conflicting currents of a tide ...

— Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country • Irving Bacheller

... for determining the pitch, which, at that time, I thought to be original with myself. It consisted in vibrating a tuning fork in front of the mouth while the positions of the vocal organs for the various vowels were silently taken. It was found that each vowel position caused the reinforcement of some particular ...

— Little Masterpieces of Science: - Invention and Discovery • Various

Words linked to "Tuning fork" : implement