Modulation (n.) is molding that never stops, and a mold is a modulation that has been told to stay put.
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Modulation (n.) turns raw energy into a shape, and demodulation turns a shape back into energy; the shape in between is a signal.
Modulation (n.) is crystallization run backwards: a force is wedded to a shape and goes where the shape tells it.
Modulation (n.) is a whisper at a triode's grid setting loose the power of the circuit behind it: the signal adds no force but decides where force goes.
A Modulation (n.) to an entirely different key is like death: the connection with what went before is broken and the individual ends, but the will lives on in others with no memory of him.