noun
1. a musical passage moving from one key to another (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑transition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑modulate
• Hypernyms: ↑passage, ↑musical 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 (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑modulate
• Topics: ↑electronics
• Hypernyms: ↑transmission
• Hyponyms:
3. a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
• Syn: ↑inflection
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inflect (for: ↑inflection), ↑modulate
• Hypernyms: ↑manner of speaking, ↑speech, ↑delivery
4. rise and fall of the voice pitch
• Syn: ↑intonation, ↑pitch contour
• Derivationally related forms: ↑modulate, ↑intone (for: ↑intonation), ↑intonate (for: ↑intonation)
• Hypernyms: ↑prosody, ↑inflection
• Hyponyms: ↑intonation pattern, ↑monotone, ↑drone, ↑droning, ↑singsong
5. the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑modulate
• Hypernyms: ↑revision, ↑alteration
Useful english dictionary. 2012.