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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mod•u•la•tion (moj′ə lā′shən, mod′yə-),USA pronunciation n. - the act of modulating.
- the state of being modulated.
- Music and Dancetransition from one key to another.
- Phonetics, Linguistics[Gram.]
- 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.
- Latin modulātiōn- (stem of modulātiō) rhythmical measure. See modulate, -ion
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˌmoduˈlation /ˌmɒdjʊˈleɪʃən/ n - the act of modulating or the condition of being modulated
- the transition from one key to another
- another word for intonation
- the grammatical expression of modality
- 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 - the variation of the modulated signal
mod•u•late /ˈmɑdʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to regulate by a certain measure or amount
- to alter (the voice) according to the situation, one's listener, etc.:modulated his voice instantly when he realized that his boss was listening.
mod•u•la•tion /ˌmɑdʒəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] mod•u•la•tor, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mod•u•late (moj′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t. - to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften;
tone down. - to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.
- Music and Dance
- to attune to a certain pitch or key.
- to vary the volume of (tone).
- Telecommunicationsto cause the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (a carrier wave) to vary in accordance with a sound wave or other signal, the frequency of the signal wave usually being very much lower than that of the carrier.
v.i. - Telecommunications
- to modulate a carrier wave.
- Show Business[CB Slang.]to talk;
visit:Enjoyed modulating with you.
- Music and Danceto pass from one key to another:to modulate abruptly from A to B flat.
- Latin modulātus (past participle of modulārī to regulate (sounds), set to music, play an instrument). See module, -ate1
- 1550–60
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged temper, control.
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