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tuning fork

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

How To Use tuning fork In A Sentence

  • In the Weber test, the tuning fork is struck and placed on the midline of the forehead, the nasal bridge, or the chin.
  • But as knowledge of wave motions developed and the laws of governing them were better understood, the receiver was "tuned" to respond to the transmitter, that is, the transmitter was made to set up a definite rate of vibrations in the ether and the receiver made to respond to this rate, just like two tuning forks sounding the same note. Marvels of Modern Science
  • Didymograptus species of this type have a distinctive shape like a tuning fork.
  • Tuning fork technology validated by customers in diversity of applications.
  • Experimental psychologists adopted the kymograph as an instrument for recording various time-related events: response times, stimulus presentations, muscle exertion and tuning fork vibrations.
  • I lay on her couch and marvelled at the effect a humble tuning fork in F sharp could have on one's mental equilibrium.
  • I trembled like a tuning fork, but my shoulder fakes absorbed the worst of the shaking.
  • Some of his works contain images of tuning forks with halo-like parallel lines radiating off the two prongs.
  • Also a no-brainer was for every member of the graduating class buying one of those black doctor bags, stuffed with tuning fork (to test hearing) and stethoscope for house calls (I've made them, but only with a stethoscope and otoscope to check for ear infections.) On The AMA's Opposition To The Public Option
  • Over the years I've been to a number of energy therapists who've used methods ranging from their hands to acupuncture needles to tuning forks to cure whatever's ailed me and it usually did. Meryl Davids Landau: Energy Healed Me -- Over the Phone! A Scientist Explains How
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