Term: modulation: the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
Candidate hypernym: revision: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) → 1
Candidate hypernym: lynch mob: a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority → 0
Candidate hypernym: faroese: a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands → 0
Candidate hypernym: petrology: the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification → 0
Candidate hypernym: carrier: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus proconsul: genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus → 0
Candidate hypernym: interlayer: a layer placed between other layers → 0
Candidate hypernym: access: a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) → 0
Candidate hypernym: ceratophyllum: constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying carpet: (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go → 0
Candidate hypernym: gimbal: an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips → 0