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Modulation

nounid 87604·updated May 18, 2026
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the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)

polysemous

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synonym
inflectionintonationpitch contourtransition
plural
Modulations
possessive
Modulation's
pluralpossessive
Modulations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
§2
in electronics, the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave
§3
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
§4
rise and fall of the voice pitch
§5
a musical passage moving from one key to another

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