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modulation

[moj-uh-lay-shuhn, mod-yuh-] / ˌmɒdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌmɒd jə- /
NOUN
timbre
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Longer term, Tinubu's government said it would also introduce what the minister called "price modulation" to moderate pump price volatility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Drake’s bid to soundtrack the warm weather months is “Janice,” which incorporates a bizarre vocal modulation that makes the simple refrain—“beep beep baby”—strangely addictive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The study found pro repair signals involving immune modulation, blood vessel and lymphatic development, fibroblast activation, myocardial salvage, smooth muscle cell proliferation, and neurogenesis in rat models.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

To achieve this, they combined time-spectrum mapping, compressive spectral imaging and coherent modulation imaging.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

In most styles of music, modulation is accomplished gradually, using a progression of chords that seems to move naturally towards the new key.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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