What is the meaning of modulation?

noun

  • A musical passage moving from one key to another.
  • Electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase. (
  • Rise and fall of the voice pitch.
  • A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.
  • The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect. ).
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