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modulation

[moj-uh-ley-shuhn, mod-yuh-] / ˌmɒdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌmɒd jə- /
NOUN
timbre
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The paper is titled "Ultrafast, reconfigurable all-optical beam steering and spatial light modulation."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Created for television by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, “American Hostage” has something of a modulation problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

This information is then compressed into a single image through dispersion-encoded 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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