Modulate

['mɒdjʊleɪt] or ['mɑdʒəlet]

Definition

(verb.) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).

(verb.) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.

(verb.) change the key of, in music; 'modulate the melody'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

(v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.

(v. i.) To pass from one key into another.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Attune, harmonize, tune.[2]. Inflect (as the voice), vary in tune and accentuation.

Edited by Blair

Definition

v.t. to measure to regulate: to vary the tone of voice so as to give expression: (mus.) to change the key or mode.—v.i. to pass from one key into another.—adj. Mod′ular of or pertaining to mode or modulation or to a module.—ns. Modulā′tion the act of modulating: state of being modulated: (mus.) the changing of the keynote and of the original scale by the introduction of a new sharp or flat; Mod′ulātor one who or that which modulates: a chart in the Tonic Sol-fa musical notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes; Mod′ule a small measure or quantity: (archit.) a measure such as the diameter of the shaft for regulating the proportions of the other parts of columns: (Shak.) a model image; Mod′ulus (math.) a constant multiplier in a function of a variable by which the function is adapted to a particular base:—pl. Moduli (mod′ū-lī).

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