modulation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɒdjʊˈleɪʃn̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
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• General-American: /ˌmɑd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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From Late Middle English modulacion, modulacioun (“act of making music or singing; harmony; melody, song”), from Middle French modulation (modern French modulation), and directly from its etymon Latin modulātiō (“regular or rhythmical measure, modulation; inflection of tone; (architecture) calculation of measurements from a standard unit; (Late Latin) act of making music or singing; melody, song”), from modulātus (“modulated”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Modulātus is a perfect participle of modulor (“to beat time; to make music or sing; to measure; etc.”), from modulus (“rhythmical measure, interval; rhythm; small interval or measure, etc.”) + -or (suffix forming certain inflections of verbs); and modulus is from modus (“measure; method; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; etc.”)) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, modulat(e) + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result).

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изменение (izmenenie) — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Catalan: modulació — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 調制 /调制 (tiáozhì) — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Danish: modulation — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Esperanto: modulado — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Estonian: modulatsioon — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: mukautus — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: muuntelu — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: muuttelu — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: säätö — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: modulaatio — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• French: modulation — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Galician: modulación — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Greek: τροποποίηση (tropopoíisi) — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Hungarian: moduláció — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Ido: modulaco — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Indonesian: modulasi — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Italian: modulazione — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Latin: modulātiō — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Occitan: modulacion — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Polish: modulacja — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Portuguese: modulação — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Romanian: modulație — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Russian: модуля́ция (moduljácija) — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Spanish: modulación — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Swahili: moduleringi — modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this
• Finnish: modulaatio — variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; an instance of this
• Finnish: muuttelu — variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; an instance of this
• Polish: modulacja — variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; an instance of this
• Finnish: muuntautuminen — variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; an instance of this
• Polish: modulacja — variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; an instance of this
• Arabic: تحوير — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Armenian: մոդուլում (modulum) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Basque: modulazio — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Belarusian: мадуляцыя (maduljacyja) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Bengali: মড্যুলেশন (moḍḍuleśon) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Bulgarian: модулация (modulacija) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Burmese: မော်ဒျူလေးရှင်း (maudyule:hrang:) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Catalan: modulació — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Chinese Mandarin: 調變 /调变 (tiáobiàn) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Czech: modulace — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Danish: modulation — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Dutch: modulatie — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Estonian: modulatsioon — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Finnish: modulaatio — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Finnish: modulointi — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• French: modulation — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• German: Modulation — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Greek: διαμόρφωση (diamórfosi) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Hebrew: אפנון — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Hindi: मॉडुलन (mŏḍulan) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Hungarian: moduláció — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Icelandic: mótun — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Indonesian: modulasi — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Irish: modhnú — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Italian: modulazione — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Japanese: 変調方式 (henchō hōshiki) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Kazakh: модуляция (moduläsiä) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Korean: 변조 (byeonjo) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Kyrgyz: модуляция (modulyatsiya) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Latvian: modulācija — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Lithuanian: moduliacija — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Macedonian: модулација (modulacija) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Malagasy: fifanaraham-peo — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Malay: permodulatan — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Malayalam: മോഡുലനം (mōḍulanaṁ) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Māori: whakaauautanga — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Norwegian Bokmål: modulasjon — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: modulasjon — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Persian: مدولهسازی — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Polish: modulacja — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Portuguese: modulação — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Romanian: modulație — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Russian: модуля́ция (moduljácija) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Serbo-Croatian: модула́ција — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Serbo-Croatian: modulácija — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Sinhalese: මූර්ජනය (mūrjanaya) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Slovak: modulácia — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Slovene: modulacija — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Spanish: modulación — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Sundanese: modulasi — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Swedish: modulation — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Tamil: பண்பேற்றம் (paṇpēṟṟam) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Thai: การกล้ําสัญญาณ — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Turkish: modülasyon — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Turkish: kipleme — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Ukrainian: модуля́ція (moduljácija) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Urdu: تحویر (thver) — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Uzbek: modulyatsiya — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Vietnamese: điều chế tín hiệu — modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal
• Dutch: modulatie — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• Finnish: modulaatio — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• Finnish: modulointi — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• Finnish: sävellajinvaihdos — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• French: modulation — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• Polish: modulacja — changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this
• Finnish: modulaatio — contrast between the thick and thin parts of the strokes of a typeface
• Finnish: modulointi — contrast between the thick and thin parts of the strokes of a typeface
• Polish: modulacja — contrast between the thick and thin parts of the strokes of a typeface
• Finnish: muutos — changing of a thing from one form to another; an instance of this
• Finnish: muuttaminen — changing of a thing from one form to another; an instance of this
• Polish: modulacja — changing of a thing from one form to another; an instance of this