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Modulation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Modulation? [n] the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) [n] (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase [n] a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [n] rise and fall of the voice pitch [n] a musical passage moving from one key to another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Modulation: inflection \| intonation \| pitch contour \| transition Related Terms \| Find terms related to Modulation: abatement \| about-face \| accommodation \| adaptation \| adjustment \| allayment \| alleviation \| alteration \| AM \| amelioration \| amplitude modulation \| apostasy \| arrangement \| assuagement \| betterment \| blunting \| break \| calming \| change \| change of heart \| changeableness \| constructive change \| continuity \| conversion \| damping \| deadening \| defection \| degeneration \| degenerative change \| demulsion \| deterioration \| deviation \| difference \| diminution \| discontinuity \| divergence \| diversification \| diversion \| diversity \| double sideband \| dulcification \| dulling \| easing \| falling-off \| fitting \| flip-flop \| FM \| gradual change \| harmonization \| hushing \| improvement \| inflection \| instrumentation \| intonation \| intonation pattern \| leniency \| lessening \| letdown \| letup \| lightening \| loosening \| lulling \| melioration \| mitigation \| modification \| mollification \| orchestration \| overthrow \| pacification \| palliation \| phrasing \| pitch \| pitch accent \| PM \| preparation \| qualification \| quietening \| quieting \| radical change \| realignment \| re-creation \| redesign \| reduction \| reform \| reformation \| relaxation \| remaking \| remission \| renewal \| reshaping \| resolution \| restructuring \| reversal \| revival \| revivification \| revolution \| setting \| shift \| side frequency \| sideband \| slackening \| softening \| solution \| soothing \| speech tune \| subduement \| sudden change \| suprasegmental \| suspension \| switch \| tempering \| tone \| tone painting \| total change \| tranquilization \| transcription \| transition \| turn \| turnabout \| upheaval \| variation \| variety \| violent change \| worsening See Also \| alteration \| AM \| amplitude modulation \| delivery \| drone \| droning \| FM \| frequency modulation \| intonation pattern \| manner of speaking \| monotone \| musical passage \| passage \| phase modulation \| PM \| prosody \| pulse modulation \| revision \| singsong \| speech \| transmission Modulation In Webster's Dictionary \Mod`u*la"tion\, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.] 1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice. 2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] --Thomson. 3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.

Modulation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Modulation?

[n] the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
[n] (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
[n] a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
[n] rise and fall of the voice pitch
[n] a musical passage moving from one key to another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Modulation: inflection | intonation | pitch contour | transition

Modulation In Webster's Dictionary

\Mod`u*la"tion\, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F.
modulation.]
1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated;
   as, the modulation of the voice.

2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] --Thomson.

3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the
   music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of
   the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center
   upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of
   the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it
   may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote.
   There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.

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