modulation

noun

1. a musical passage moving from one key to another

Similar word(s): transition

Definition categories: communication, passage

2. (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

Definition categories: communication, transmission

3. rise and fall of the voice pitch

Similar word(s): intonation

Definition categories: communication, inflection, prosody

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

Similar word(s): inflection

Definition categories: communication, delivery, speech

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

Definition categories: act, alteration, revision