modulation

Other forms of modulation

plural

modulations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modulation

What does modulation mean?

modulation means "a musical passage moving from one key to another". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modulation?

modulation has 4 syllables: mo-du-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌmɑdʒəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for modulation?

Close synonyms include transition, intonation, pitch contour, inflection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modulation a common word?

modulation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with modulation?

65 words rhyme with modulation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.