'Modulation' definitions:
Definition of 'modulation'
From: WordNet
noun
A musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition, modulation]
noun
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
noun
Rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation, modulation, pitch contour]
noun
A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [syn: modulation, inflection]
noun
The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
Definition of 'Modulation'
From: GCIDE
- Modulation \Mod`u*la"tion\, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.]
- 1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Electronics) The alteration of hte amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase (of the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be transmitted. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'modulation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- alteration,
- AM,
- amelioration,
- amplitude modulation,
- apostasy,
- arrangement,
- assuagement,
- betterment,
- blunting,
- break,
- calming,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- damping,
- deadening,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- demulsion,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- diminution,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- double sideband,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- easing,
- falling-off,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- FM,
- gradual change,
- harmonization,
- hushing,
- improvement,
- inflection,
- instrumentation,
- intonation,
- intonation pattern,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- mollification,
- orchestration,
- overthrow,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- phrasing,
- pitch,
- pitch accent,
- PM,
- preparation,
- qualification,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reduction,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relaxation,
- remaking,
- remission,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- resolution,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- setting,
- shift,
- side frequency,
- sideband,
- slackening,
- softening,
- solution,
- soothing,
- speech tune,
- subduement,
- sudden change,
- suprasegmental,
- suspension,
- switch,
- tempering,
- tone,
- tone painting,
- total change,
- tranquilization,
- transcription,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- worsening