Modulation

[,mɒdjʊ'leɪʃən] or [,mɑdʒu'leʃən]

Definition

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

(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.) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.

Inputed by Hahn--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

(n.) Sound modulated; melody.

(n.) 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.

Checked by Danny

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Harmonization, harmonies

ANT:Intonation, recital, monotone

Editor: Michel