Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun modulation

5 senses of modulation

Sense 1
transition, modulation -- (a musical passage moving from one key to another)
       => passage, musical passage -- (a short section of a musical composition)

Sense 2
modulation -- ((electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase)
       => transmission -- (communication by means of transmitted signals)

Sense 3
intonation, modulation, pitch contour -- (rise and fall of the voice pitch)
       => prosody, inflection -- (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)

Sense 4
modulation, inflection -- (a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified)
       => manner of speaking, speech, delivery -- (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech")

Sense 5
modulation -- (the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect))
       => revision, alteration -- (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion")