modulation | ||
1. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) a musical passage moving from one key to another | |
Synonyms: | transition | |
Related terms: | passage modulate | |
2. | [ noun ] (electronics) the transmission of a signal by imposing it on a carrier wave by changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase | |
Related terms: | transmission frequency_modulation phase_modulation amplitude_modulation pulse_modulation electronics | |
3. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) rise and fall of the voice pitch | |
Synonyms: | intonation pitch_contour | |
Related terms: | prosody singsong monotone intonation_pattern chant inflect intonate | |
4. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | |
Synonyms: | inflection | |
Related terms: | manner_of_speaking inflect | |
5. | [ noun ] the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) | |
Related terms: | revision regulate | |
Similar spelling: |
modulate modulated |