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tweakery

noun

Etymology

tweak + -ery

  1. inherited from *twekkōn✻ — “to fasten; clamp; pinch”
  2. inherited from twiccian — “to pluck”
  3. inherited from twikken
  4. suffixed as tweakery — “tweak + ery”

Definitions

  1. The making of small technical changes

    The making of small technical changes; tweaking.

    • Targeted color tweakery It's possible, and often desirable, to selectively saturate or desaturate specific colors.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tweakery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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