modulatio
Modulatio is a term that appears in varying contexts to denote the act or process of modulation, adjustment, or regulation. In many modern uses, modulatio is encountered as a Latin or neo-Latin form of the concept commonly expressed by modulation in English. The etymology traces to the Latin modulatio, derived from modo or modulus root meaning measure, adjustment, or shaping.
In musicology, modulatio historically refers to modulation—the movement from one tonal center to another within a
In linguistics and phonetics, modulatio can appear as a Latinized label for processes involving modulation of
In signal processing and communications, the established term is modulation. Modulatio is rarely used in technical
Overall, modulatio functions as a historical or stylistic variant of the broader idea of modulation, with usage