modulation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French modulation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modulatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

modulation (countable and uncountable, plural modulations)

1. The process of applying a signal to a carrier, modulating.
2. The variation and regulation of a population, physiological response, etc.
3. (music) A change in key.

Derived terms

• amplitude modulation
• biomodulation
• demodulation
• downmodulation
• frequency modulation
• immunomodulation
• intermodulation
• modulationally
• neuromodulation
• overmodulation
• paramodulation
• pharmacomodulation
• phase modulation
• pulse modulation
• quadrature amplitude modulation
• remodulation
• single-sideband modulation
• supermodulation
• transmodulation
• upmodulation
• vasomodulation

 

Translations

Applying a signal to a carrier

• Danish: modulation
• German: Modulation (de) f
• Greek: διαμόρφωση (el) f (diamórfosi)
• Icelandic: mótun f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: модулација f (modulacija)
• Maori: whakaauautanga
• Romanian: modulație (ro) f
• Russian: модуля́ция (ru) f (moduljácija)
• Swedish: modulation (sv) c

variation and regulation

• Danish: modulation
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: модуля́ция (ru) f (moduljácija)

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Danish

Noun

modulation c (singular definite modulationen, plural indefinite modulationer)

1. modulation
2. inflection (change in pitch or tone of voice)

Inflection

Declension of modulation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	modulation	modulationen	modulationer	modulationerne
genitive	modulations	modulationens	modulationers	modulationernes

Synonyms

• modulering c

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

modulation f (plural modulations)

1. modulation

Further reading

• “modulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.