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modulation

[moj-uh-lay-shuhn, mod-yuh-] / ˌmɒdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌmɒd jə- /
NOUN
timbre
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Longer term, Tinubu's government said it would also introduce what the minister called "price modulation" to moderate pump price volatility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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

The study found pro repair signals involving immune modulation, blood vessel and lymphatic development, fibroblast activation, myocardial salvage, smooth muscle cell proliferation, and neurogenesis in rat models.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

Each laser transmitted data using a modulation method that splits information into multiple closely spaced frequency channels.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026

Sometimes, in the course of the modulation of relations between animals, there are inventions that seem to have been thought up on the spur of the moment, like propositions to be submitted for possible evolution.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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