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Plural of modulation

regular plural

The plural of modulation is modulations.

Forms of modulation

Singularmodulation /ˌmɒdjʊˈleɪʃn̩/
Pluralmodulations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Modulations in a sentence

  • More interesting still the modulations, not merely from one key to another, but from mood to mood.1928, Aldous Huxley, “XXII: From Philip Quarles’s Notebook”, in Point Counter Point, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 408
  • Distress calls structures included multiharmonic shallowly modulated calls (A), calls with sideband modulations (B, C), and some calls with nonlinear phenomena (D).2015 September 10, “Distress Calls of a Fast-Flying Bat ( Molossus molossus ) Provoke Inspection Flights but Not Cooperative Mobbing”, in…. From the entry multiharmonic
  • He has developed a sophisticated, inventive way to use these modulations that were quite common in the singers we heard there in the backlands of the northeast.”2007 January 25, Larry Rohter, “Long-Lost Trove of Music Connects Brazil to Its Roots”, in New York Times. From the entry backland

Meaning of modulation

  1. noun Modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. noun Variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. noun Variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; (countable) an instance of this.

Full definition of modulation

Questions about the plural of modulation

What is the plural of modulation?
The plural of modulation is modulations.
Is modulation countable?
Modulation is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: modulation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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