Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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modulate | No | No | Yes | No |
tone | Yes | No | Yes | No |
modulate (noun) | tone (noun) |
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a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | |
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | |
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages | |
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | |
a steady sound without overtones | |
a musical interval of two semitones | |
the quality of a person's voice | |
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | |
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli |
modulate (verb) | tone (verb) |
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adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | give a healthy elasticity to |
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of | change to a color image |
vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) | change the color or tone of |
vary the pitch of one's speech | utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically |
change the key of, in music | vary the pitch of one's speech |