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Tunable vs Dimmable - What's the difference?

tunable | dimmable |

As adjectives the difference between tunable and dimmable

is that tunable is while dimmable is able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.

tunable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • *1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 147-8:
  • *:Then doe all with a tunable voice of shouting bid him welcome.
  • *1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisabury , I:
  • *:she rather chose to follow the Fortunes of a Wheel-Barrow'', than those of a ''Distaff''; daily, charming the Ears of the Publick with the Tuneable and Melodious Cry, of, ''Come who throws here? Who ventures for an ORANGE?
  • Able to be tuned.

    • Anagrams

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    dimmable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
    • The store is having a sale on dimmable chandeliers.

    Related terms

    * dim