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cross-tuning

cross-tuning is the present participle and gerund of cross-tune.

Meaning of cross-tune

Verb

cross-tune (third-person singular simple present cross-tunes, present participle cross-tuning, simple past and past participle cross-tuned)

  1. (transitive) To give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).

Noun

cross-tuning (countable and uncountable, plural cross-tunings)

  1. A system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.
    Synonyms:
    scordatura

Synonyms of cross-tuning

Forms of cross-tuning

pluralcross-tunings

Questions about cross-tuning

What does cross-tuning mean?
Cross-tuning means a system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.
What is cross-tuning the present participle and gerund of?
Cross-tuning is the present participle and gerund of cross-tune.
What part of speech is cross-tuning?
Cross-tuning is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-tuning?
The plural of cross-tuning is cross-tunings.

Words near cross-tuning in the dictionary

  1. cross-tree
  2. cross-trees
  3. cross-tune
  4. cross-tuned
  5. cross-tunes
  6. cross-tuning
  7. cross-tunings
  8. cross-tunnel
  9. cross-tunnels
  10. cross-validate
  11. cross-validated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-tuning (page history and authors); cross-tune (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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