modulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce modulation in British English:
UK [ˌmɒdjʊ'leɪʃn]
How to pronounce modulation in American English:
US [ˌmɑdʒəˈleʃən]
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- Noun:
- a musical passage moving from one key to another
- (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
- rise and fall of the voice pitch
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
Word Origin
- modulation (n.)
- late 14c., "act of singing or making music," from Old French modulation "act of making music" (14c.), or directly from Latin modulationem (nominative modulatio) "rhythmical measure, singing and playing, melody," noun of action from past participle stem of modulari "regulate, measure off properly, measure rhythmically; play, play upon," from modulus (see module). Meaning "act of regulating according to measure or proportion" is from 1530s. Musical sense of "action of process of changing key" is first recorded 1690s.
Example
- 1. This is known as modulation .
- 2. It was modulation , frey discovered , that induced the widest variety of biological effects .
- 3. Incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tubes are not really suitable for modulation , but they are yesterday 's lighting technology .
- 4. The 4d means four data symbols ( two bits ) , the pam5 is pulse amplitude modulation with five signal levels .
- 5. B. anxiety modulation : this occurs via the brain 's anxiety network , which spans many regions , such as the orbitofrontal cortex .