Crossword clues for tweaking
tweaking
Wiktionary
n. A tweak; a minor modification. vb. (present participle of tweak English)
Wikipedia
Tweaking refers to fine-tuning or adjusting a complex system, usually an electronic device. Tweaks are any small modifications intended to improve a system.
In electronics, it is a synonym for "trimming." Analog circuit boards often have small potentiometers or other components on them that are used to calibrate or adjust the board as a service procedure: the small insulated screwdriver used to turn them is often called a "tweaker."
This use was echoed in the name of the product Tweek , a popular but controversial audio product during the 1980s, which was claimed to improve the electrical characteristics of audio switch contacts.
Usage examples of "tweaking".
Sulu wondered who had first dissuaded Chekov from committing suicide by tweaking his sense of humor and irony with that phrase.
Cobb, visibly tweaking his body shape as if trying out the idea of making himself look divine.
He sighed, staring down at his bright-line alla mesh and tweaking the wing shape of another glider.
For instance, orbits of spacecraft passing between the Earth and the Moon were actually unstable, because of the tweakings of the lumpy gravity fields of Earth, Moon and sun.