ɪnˈflɛkʃən ɪntɵˈneɪʃən tɹænˈzɪʃən the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified rise and fall of the voice pitch a musical passage moving from one key to another