modulation
(noun) the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
modulation
(noun) (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier’s amplitude or frequency or phase
modulation, inflection
(noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
intonation, modulation, pitch contour
(noun) rise and fall of the voice pitch
transition, modulation
(noun) a musical passage moving from one key to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
modulation (countable and uncountable, plural modulations)
The process of applying a signal to a carrier, modulating.
The variation and regulation of a population, physiological response, etc.
(music) A change in key.
Source: Wiktionary
Mod`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.]
1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] Thomson.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
