Modulation

//ˌmɒdjʊˈleɪʃn̩//

Synonyms for "modulation" (132 found)

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102 translations across 62 languages.

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Arabic

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  • تحوير noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Armenian

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  • մոդուլում noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Basque

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  • modulazio noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Belarusian

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  • мадуляцыя noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Bengali

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  • মড্যুলেশন noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Bulgarian

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  • изменение noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • модулация noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Burmese

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  • မော်ဒျူလေးရှင်း noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Catalan

2 entries
  • modulació noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulació noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 調制 /调制 noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • 調變 /调变 noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Czech

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  • modulace noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Danish

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  • modulation noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulation noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Dutch

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  • modulatie noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • modulatie noun (changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this)

Esperanto

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  • modulado noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Estonian

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  • modulatsioon noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulatsioon noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • modulaatio noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulaatio noun (variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; an instance of this)
  • modulaatio noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • modulaatio noun (changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this)

French

3 entries
  • modulation noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulation noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • modulation noun (changing of the key in a piece of music; the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; an instance of this)

Galician

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  • modulación noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

German

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  • Modulation noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Greek

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  • διαμόρφωση noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • τροποποίηση noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Hebrew

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  • אפנון noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Hindi

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  • मॉडुलन noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Hungarian

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  • moduláció noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • moduláció noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Icelandic

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  • mótun noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Ido

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  • modulaco noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Indonesian

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  • modulasi noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulasi noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Irish

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  • modhnú noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Italian

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  • modulazione noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulazione noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Japanese

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  • 変調方式 noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Kazakh

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  • модуляция noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Korean

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  • 변조 noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Kyrgyz

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  • модуляция noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Latin

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  • modulātiō noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Latvian

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  • modulācija noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Lithuanian

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  • moduliacija noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Macedonian

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  • модулација noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Malagasy

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  • fifanaraham-peo noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Malay

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  • permodulatan noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Malayalam

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  • മോഡുലനം noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Māori

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  • whakaauautanga noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • modulasjon noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • modulasjon noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Occitan

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  • modulacion noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Persian

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  • مدولهسازی noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Polish

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  • modulacja noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulacja noun (variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; an instance of this)
  • modulacja noun (variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; an instance of this)
  • modulacja noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Portuguese

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  • modulação noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulação noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Romanian

2 entries
  • modulație noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulație noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Russian

2 entries
  • модуля́ция noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • модуля́ция noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • modulácija noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • модула́ција noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Sinhalese

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  • මූර්ජනය noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Slovak

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  • modulácia noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • modulacija noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Spanish

2 entries
  • modulación noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)
  • modulación noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Sundanese

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  • modulasi noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Swahili

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  • moduleringi noun (modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; an instance of this)

Swedish

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  • modulation noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Tamil

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  • பண்பேற்றம் noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Thai

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  • การกล้ำสัญญาณ noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Turkish

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  • kipleme noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)
  • modülasyon noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Ukrainian

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  • модуля́ція noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Urdu

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  • تحویر noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Uzbek

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  • modulyatsiya noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Vietnamese

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  • điều chế tín hiệu noun (modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; an instance of this; extent to which such a wave is modified; modified wave or signal)

Sample sentences

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This piece has almost no modulation.

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FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM).

Source: tatoeba (9171104)

A transmitter encodes a message onto electromagnetic waves through modulation, which changes properties of the wave to represent the data.

Source: tatoeba (10261927)

FM, or frequency modulation, radio stations have been in operation since the 1950s.

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