phase self-modulation

phase Noun

— A phase is stage in a process. We will look at very basic ideas during the first phase of training. As the war enters its final phase, the role of the UN will probably become more important. Teenagers often go through a phase of being attracted to someone of the same sex. — If things are in phase, they are working, moving, or changing together.

phase Verb

— If you phase something in, you introduce it step by step. Over the next few years, all farm support was slowly phased out.

self Noun

— Your self is the type of person you are, particularly the way you usually act, look or feel. He looked so happy compared to his usual down self that Walter wondered if something was wrong. — Someone's self is their personality or character that makes them individual. As the baby grows older, it begins to develop a sense of self. — Self is used to refer to a person. Please bring your wife and your good self.

modulation

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