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Definition

to regulate or make something less severe

or:

alter the pitch of one's voice; or other things such as the sound of a musical instrument or the characteristics of electromagnetic waves

She wants the Fed to try to modulate the ups and downs of the stock market.

The gene modulates the excitability of neurons.
She modulates her speaking voice as though it were a musical instrument.
modulate the pitch
modulate the melody
She could not modulate out the key of self-abasement in which she had started.
Forster, E. M. -- A Room With A View
Why should not the symmetry and truth that modulate these, glide into our spirits, and we participate the invention of nature?
Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Essays, Second Series
And I felt the cold metallic hardness of my words as I spoke, the modulation, the control.
Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

This subtle modulation marked a momentous discovery—the perception of an entirely new attitude on the part of her listener.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2

There was motion and stillness, stillness and modulation, and all the charge and magic of a great painting.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch

This subtle modulation marked a momentous discovery—the perception of an entirely new attitude on the part of her listener.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2

Far away the grandparents huddle in a chair, eagerly sharing the receiver as carrier waves modulate into audible signals.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
She said nothing, but used her hands to modulate Mammachi's fury, to stoke it anew.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
I think I can rig a modulator on this baby, then, and make it into a gertrude for ya.
Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
The former curves of sensuousness were now modulated to lines of devotional passion.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
"Good evening!" he says with that perfectly modulated voice that announcers seem to be born with.
Sharon M. Draper -- Out of My Mind
I am certain of it; his languishing looks and modulated tones when addressing Mademoiselle Danglars fully proclaim his intentions.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
He had a non-committal voice, beautifully modulated—its words might have meant the opposite of what they said.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
His voice was slightly modulated but easy to understand.
John Green -- Paper Towns
There was amaze in the voice usually so even and well modulated—amaze in the handsome face usually so indifferent.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars

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