modulation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- modulation noun Modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; (countable) an instance of this.
Senses
modulation is used for these senses in English:
- inflection A change in pitch or tone of voice.
inflection — full definition
- noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- noun An affix representing a given variation.
- noun Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
modulation — full definition
- noun Modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; (countable) an instance of this.
- noun Variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- noun Variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; (countable) an instance of this.
- noun Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.