modulation
the act of modulating.
the state of being modulated.
Music. transition from one key to another.
Grammar.
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?
the feature of a construction resulting from such use.
Origin of modulation
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How to use modulation in a sentence
So three spatial dimensions, a temporal dimension, frequency, polarization, modulation, et cetera.
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Willful modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness.
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He sat up in bed; the sound was tragical by distance, and the modulation appealed to his ear like human speech.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
It is wonderful to hear the infinite variety of modulation which a Swede gives to these two insignificant syllables.
This is their modulation to the dominant, their awakening to life.
Castellinaria | Henry Festing JonesI succeeded in the recitative; it was well accented, full of energy and excellent modulation.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauHe speaks it, too, with such melody and modulation as he can; “in homely rustic jingle;” but it is his own, and genuine.
Life of Robert Burns | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for modulation
/ (ˌmɒdjʊˈleɪʃən) /
the act of modulating or the condition of being modulated
music the transition from one key to another
grammar
another word for intonation (def. 1)
the grammatical expression of modality
electrical engineering
the act or process of superimposing the amplitude, frequency, phase, etc, of a wave or signal onto another wave (the carrier wave) or signal or onto an electron beam: See also amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, phase modulation, velocity modulation
the variation of the modulated signal
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