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Mod`u*la"tion (?), n. [L.
modulatio: cf. F. modulation.] 1.
The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the
modulation of the voice.

2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.]
Thomson.

3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether
transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a
shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center
upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the
original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by
successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden
and unprepared modulations.

Mod"u*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who,
or that which, modulates. Denham.

Mod"ule (?), n. [F., fr. L.
modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See
Mode, and cf. Model, Modulus, Mold a
matrix.] 1. A model or measure.

2. (Arch.


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