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modulation

American  
[moj-uh-ley-shuhn, mod-yuh-] / ˌmɒdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌmɒd yə- /

noun

  1. the act of modulating.

  2. the state of being modulated.

  3. Music. transition from one key to another.

  4. 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.

Etymology

Origin of modulation

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

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