Modulation (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect).
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Meaning 2
Rise and fall of the voice pitch.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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- The singer's expert modulation added emotional depth to the ballad.
- The politician's modulation of her voice helped her convey empathy to the audience.
- He practiced vocal modulation to improve his public speaking skills.
- The actor's modulation of tone and pitch brought the character to life.
- Her modulation of voice was so convincing that it sounded like two different people were speaking.
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Meaning 3
A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
A musical passage moving from one key to another.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The radio transmitter used amplitude modulation to encode the audio signal onto the carrier wave.
- The modulation scheme used in the satellite communication system was a combination of frequency and phase modulation.
- The engineer carefully adjusted the modulation index to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio of the transmission.
- The modulation technique used in the wireless network was designed to minimize interference with other devices.
- The modulation of the carrier wave was done using a voltage-controlled oscillator to generate the desired frequency shift.