MODULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modulation mean? 

• MODULATION (noun)
  The noun MODULATION has 5 senses:

1. a musical passage moving from one key to another

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

3. rise and fall of the voice pitch

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

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

  Familiarity information: MODULATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical passage moving from one key to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

modulation; transition

Hypernyms ("modulation" is a kind of...):

musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)

Derivation:

modulate (change the key of, in music)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("modulation" is a kind of...):

transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "modulation"):

AM; amplitude modulation (modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave)

FM; frequency modulation (modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave)

phase modulation; PM (modulation of the phase of the carrier wave)

pulse modulation (modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses)

Derivation:

modulate (vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rise and fall of the voice pitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

intonation; modulation; pitch contour

Hypernyms ("modulation" is a kind of...):

inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "modulation"):

intonation pattern (intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements)

drone; droning; monotone (an unchanging intonation)

singsong (a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation)

Derivation:

modulate (vary the pitch of one's speech)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

inflection; modulation

Hypernyms ("modulation" is a kind of...):

delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)

Derivation:

modulate (adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of)

modulate (vary the pitch of one's speech)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("modulation" is a kind of...):

alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))

Derivation:

modulate (fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in the modulation of mineralcorticoid and glucocorticoid-dependent gene transcription.

(Mineralocorticoid Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes melanoma-derived growth regulatory protein, is involved in the modulation of melanoma cell proliferation.

(MIA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may be involved in the modulation of gene expression.

(MIR194-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR215 pre-miRNA, may be involved in the modulation of transcription.

(MIR215 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR31 pre-miRNA, may be involved in both tumor suppression and the modulation of transcription.

(MIR31 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the modulation of p53-dependent signaling pathways.

(Melanoma-Associated Antigen 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 30A, may play a role in the modulation of transcription.

(ANKRD30A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the modulation of presynaptic vesicle transport and release.

(Alpha-Synuclein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the modulation of both translation and ubiquitination.

(Aminoacyl tRNA Synthase Complex-Interacting Multifunctional Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the modulation of steroid-dependent gene transcription.

(Androgen Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)