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fine-tune
verb
fine-tune
[
transitive
]
to make very small changes to something such as a machine, system, or plan, so that it works as well as possible
:
Over the next few days, we fine-tuned the scheme and made some useful improvements.
—
fine tuning
noun
[
uncountable
]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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