modulation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; (countable) an instance of this.

   “There was a touching modulation in these words about her father that Walter understood too well.”

2. isim Variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
3. isim Variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; (countable) an instance of this.
4. isim 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.
5. isim Variation of the intensity, pitch, and tone of the sound of a musical instrument or voice; inflection; (countable) an instance of this.

   “[A]lthough the vveazon, throtle and tongue [of birds] be the inſtruments of voice, and by their agitations doe chiefly concurre unto theſe delightfull modulations, yet cannot vve aſſigne the cauſe unto any particular formation; […]”

6. isim Changing of the key in a piece of music; also, the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; (countable) an instance of this.

   “More interesting still the modulations, not merely from one key to another, but from mood to mood. A theme is stated, then developed, pushed out of shape, imperceptibly deformed, until, though still recognizably the same, it has become quite different.”

7. isim The quality of a typeface of having contrasting, thick and thin parts of the strokes; stroke-width variation.

   “Garamond has much modulation, while Helvetica has very little.”

8. isim Changing of a thing from one form to another; (countable) an instance of this.
9. isim Harmonious use of language in poetry or prose.
10. isim Modification of the parts of a classical Greek or Roman building to achieve appropriate proportions by measuring in modules (“standard units of measure, usually the diameter or radius of a column at the base of a shaft”).

    “About Theatres, ſaith He [Vitruvius], are Porticoes, and VValks, vvhich appear ought to be ſo placed, as they muſt be double. And have the outvvard Columns Dorick vvith Architraves, and Ornaments made from the rule of the Dorick modulation.”

11. isim Any of the musical notes in ecclesiastical modes of music on which a melodic phrase had to begin and end.
12. isim Arrangement or composition, or performance, of music in a certain key or mode; also (countable) a series of musical notes, chord, or tune analyzed according to a key or mode.
13. isim Making music or singing; (countable) a melody, a tune; also (chiefly in the plural), a musical note.

    “I will sing of thy mercy and judgment, says David; when we fix ourselves upon the meditation and modulation of the mercy of God, even his judgments cannot put us out of tune, but we shall sing and be cheerful even in them.”