MODULATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
   Hypernyms(s) modulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • revision (what does revision mean?)
   • alteration (what does alteration mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • regulate (what does regulate mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave
   • changing the carrier’’s amplitude or frequency or phase
   Hypernyms(s) modulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transmission (what does transmission mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • amplitude modulation (what does amplitude modulation mean?)
   • AM (what does AM mean?)
   • frequency modulation (what does frequency modulation mean?)
   • FM (what does FM mean?)
   • phase modulation (what does phase modulation mean?)
   • PM (what does PM mean?)
   • pulse modulation (what does pulse modulation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
   Synonym(s)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) modulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manner of speaking (what does manner of speaking mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • rise and fall of the voice pitch
   Synonym(s)
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • pitch contour (what does pitch contour mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) modulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prosody (what does prosody mean?)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • intonation pattern (what does intonation pattern mean?)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)
   • singsong (what does singsong mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
   • chant (what does chant mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • cantillate (what does cantillate mean?)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
   • chant (what does chant mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • cantillate (what does cantillate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a musical passage moving from one key to another
   Synonym(s)
   • transition (what does transition mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) modulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   • musical passage (what does musical passage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)