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modulation

[ moj-uh-ley-shuhn, mod-yuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of modulating.
the state of being modulated.
Music. transition from one key to another.
Grammar.
1. the use of a particular distribution of stress or pitch in a construction, as the use of rising pitch on here in John is here?
2. the feature of a construction resulting from such use.

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin modulātiōn- (stem of modulātiō ) rhythmical measure. See modulate, -ion

They are groping for some modulation, some way to translate complicated moral intuitions into rules a society can live by.

He sat up in bed; the sound was tragical by distance, and the modulation appealed to his ear like human speech.

It is wonderful to hear the infinite variety of modulation which a Swede gives to these two insignificant syllables.

This is their modulation to the dominant, their awakening to life.

I succeeded in the recitative; it was well accented, full of energy and excellent modulation.

He speaks it, too, with such melody and modulation as he can; “in homely rustic jingle;” but it is his own, and genuine.

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