modulation

[moj-uh-ley-shuhn, mod-yuh-]

noun

1. the act of modulating.

2. the state of being modulated.

3. Music.,  transition from one key to another.

4. Grammar.

   1. the use of a particular distribution of stress or pitch in a construction, as the use of rising pitch on here in John is here?

   2. the feature of a construction resulting from such use.

Word History and Origins

Origin of modulation¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin modulātiōn- (stem of modulātiō ) rhythmical measure. See modulate, -ion

Example Sentences

The turbos also allow precise modulation of intake pressures for improved combustion efficiency.

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The method is to look for this modulation -- the "beat" -- in the pulsar correlation patterns.

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If we can treat targets more specifically, we can reduce unwanted side effects and unravel the full potential of immune modulation in cardiovascular disease.

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Yet the production is so entrancing that the occasional lack of modulation by the performers hardly matters.

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They define dead states as those states from which cells cannot return to an apparent "living" state, regardless of the modulation of any biochemical processes.

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