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verb (used with object), fine-tuned, fine-tun·ing.
- to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
- tune(def 12).
- to make minor adjustments in so as to produce stability, improvement, or the precise results desired: to fine-tune the nation’s economy.
verb
- (tr) to make fine adjustments to (something) in order to obtain optimum performance
also fine-tune, 1969, a back-formation from fine-tuning (1924), originally in reference to radio receivers. From fine (adj.) + tune (v.). Related: Fine-tuning.