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modulation

noun

1 modulation

A musical passage moving from one key to another.

synonym: transition.

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, ... show more

Polish: przejście

2 modulation

electronics The transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase.

Dutch: modulatie
Polish: modulacja

3 modulation

Rise and fall of the voice pitch.

synonyms: intonation, pitch contour.

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; ... show more

Dutch: buiging, intonatie, modulatie, stembuiging
Polish: intonacja

4 modulation

A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.

synonym: inflection.

Dutch: bocht

5 modulation

The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect).


Moby thesaurus: AM, FM, PM, abatement, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, allayment, alleviation, alteration, amelioration, amplitude modulation, apostasy, arrangement, assuagement, betterment, blunting, break, calming ... show more.

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